. . . also . . .

[ritaxis]

My mother was right. VIlna (Vilnius to you) was in fact in Poland at the time that my grandparents emigrated. Which means that it was officially Wilnow. Historical atlases put it in Russia.  I realize that both could be true, but if my mother was right about that, maybe she was right about the story of my grandmother and the Cossacks?

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[madwriter.livejournal.com]

With Poland it's hard to tell. So much of the country was ruled by Russia so often--or at least was recognized as Russian by Western powers of the time, true in practice or not--that it could practically all be true simultaneously.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what I think. Historical atlases have a hard time expressing that, though.