This unusual border has a rich backstory tied to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ... and no one dared to move it off the map, drawing around it.

1569 - Poland signs Union of Lublin with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ... the Commonwealth is finally partitioned among Prussia, Russia and Austria. Independent Poland disappears from the map ...

the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth,” further claiming that Warsaw draws inspiration from 400-year-old maps due to having “no intellectual powers for creating a viable image of the future.” ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the republic that emerged from the union of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in ... the system worked well, the Commonwealth was a powerhouse ...