At its height the Commonwealth controlled nearly all of eastern Europe. Its three parts were formally equal partners in the union, but over the centuries it was Lithuania which became dominant, both culturally and politically. By the time the union was dissolved the vast territory of Western Ruthenia had become mostly Lithuanian-speaking, with the old East Slavic language being made almost extinct.
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