Demographic history of the Vilnius region languages to slavonic . Lithuanian language was defined as one of the dialects native Slavs. To the end of 19 century this slavic lithuanian language began to be determined as belarusian by Moscow Tsardom imperial ideologists, before this period there is no any reports the language mentioned in modern sense. In 2015 Polish linguist Miroslaw Jankowiak attested that many Poles of Vilnius region still speak a form of Belarussian vernacular called "mowa prosta" ('simple speech') by local people. Following the decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in late 18th century, the state had been divided among its neighbours in what is
The Last Day in the Old Home The Last Day in the Old Home The Last Day in the Old Home is an oil-on-canvas painting made in 1862 by English painter Robert Braithwaite Martineau. It depicts a moralising scene at the home of a spendthrift country squire. The old furniture and paintings indicate that the fictional Pulleyne family has occupied Hardham Court for centuries, but the equine print in the lower left corner indicates the reason for the family's reduced circumstances: the father has gambled away the family fortune. The paintings and other contents are labelled ready for an auction sale on 22 October 1850, with a