Russian historiography in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the fifteenth and sixteenth century

New works by Russian historian on the Grand Duchy of Lithuania show the growth of interest in this topic in the contemporary Russia. During the Soviet period there search was concentrated around the issues of the duchy’s beginnings and around ethnic and social issues. The goal was to show that the class leeched off by Lithuanian feudal lord was mostly Ruthenian population. The issues of religion were also ignored. At the beginning of the 1990s Russian historians al so did not write about territorial issues of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. At the turn of the centuries most of the papers published in scientific journal and monographies were treated in an integral way. The research now centres around the political system of the state, its territorial changes and ethnic issues. The context of the relations with the Grand Duchy of Muscovy