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646:Samogitians
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280:Aukštaitija
219:Kaunas part
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1111:Categories
813:References
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771:Samogitian
767:Lithuanian
721:Gediminids
642:Lithuanian
236:Population
1095:8 October
1046:Cambridge
807:Samogitia
729:Austechia
717:Gediminas
709:Gediminas
683:Žemaitija
650:Lithuania
566:Kačerginė
534:Neveronys
377:Visaginas
365:Kėdainiai
347:Panevėžys
333:Panevėžys
319:Geography
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102:Panevėžys
1083:(2006).
1038:(1994).
796:See also
775:Sudovian
632:and the
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293:Highland
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786:Russian
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622:History
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371:Ukmergė
329:Belarus
305:Nemunas
260:262,475
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244:919,212
184:Country
126:Kernavė
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739:Trakai
353:Jonava
325:Latvia
313:Kaunas
297:Upland
107:Kaunas
1020:9 May
990:9 May
960:9 May
953:DELFI
932:9 May
922:(PDF)
913:Latin
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648:call
403:Note
359:Utena
337:Utena
1097:2023
1067:2021
1054:ISBN
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