Why did Lithuania Voluntarily Erase Itself From the Map in 1569? ( Short Animated Documentary )

00:00 Why the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Didn't Vanish by Choice 00:44 The Demographic Secret Behind Europe’s Largest Empire 02:29 Ivan the Terrible’s Livonian War & The Fall of Polotsk (1563) 03:49 The Jagiellonian Crisis & The Polish Szlachta’s Ruthless Price 05:18 The 1569 Lublin Walkout That Cost Lithuania Half Its Empire 07:31 Why Ukraine’s Ruthenian Nobles Betrayed Vilnius for Poland 09:17 Signing the Union of Lublin & The Liberum Veto Trap