1 Viadroša, Battle of (1500), took place during the war (1500-1503) between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) and Muscovy on the Viadroša River. A four- to five-thousand-strong… 2 Viciebsk (also Vitebsk), one of six main administrative cities of Belarus, with a population of 359,000 (1995), and capital of the Viciebsk Province (vobłaść).… 3 Vieča, town or land assembly, common to other East Slavic lands. It was a general forum of nobility and freemen at which basic issues of taxation, justice,… 4 Vilnia (also Vilnius, Vilna, Wilno), second capital, after Navahradak, of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruś, and Samogitia (GDL) and since 1940 capital of the… 5 Vilnius, see Vilnia. 6 Vitaŭt (also Vytautas, Witold; 1350-1430), Duke of Troki and Horadnia, after 1392 Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL), outstanding statesman, and… 7 Vitebsk, see Viciebsk.
