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Dr. Valdas Rakutis, director of the Kaunas fortress park in the 17th century. the law adopted at the end of the 19th century, which equalized the rights of the Polish and Lithuanian nobility, established the Polish language as the state language of the LDK. There were many Latinisms in that official language. This coincided with the election of a representative of the Wettins, the rulers of Saxony, to the thrones of Poland and GDR, which pushed Lithuania to third place after Saxony and Poland. In those days, a "Lithuanian" was considered a nobleman who owned property in the territory of the LDK. The identity of the resident of the LDK, which is linked to the language, began to strengthen when interest in the disappearing Lithuanian language began (in the beginning of Žemaitija). Nevertheless, Lithuania and especially Vilnius should be considered a kind of "sanctuary" where pure Polishness is preserved.