Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars The Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars (also known as Russo-Lithuanian Wars, or just either Muscovite Wars or Lithuanian Wars) were a series of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, allied with the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow. After several defeats at the hands of Ivan III and Vasily III, the Lithuanians were increasingly reliant on Polish aid, which eventually became an important factor in the creation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Before the first series of wars in the 15th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had already gained control of a lot of Rus' territories, from
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room most central preoccupations was that of time (he called his book on the process of making films "Sculpting in Time"). Dyer refers to the long drawing-out of takes by Tarkovsky as being a manifestation of 'Tarkovsky time'. Early on in the process of writing the book Dyer considered a structure where he could divide up his discussion into the film's 142 shots, but instead discovered that his own lines of argument led off in tangents that prevented such a narrowly constructed work. The discursive and digressive structure of the work in a sense mirrors the journey undertaken by the characters