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for a long time Grodno and its area was a part of the Ethnographic Lithuania (e.g. even in the 19th century the Lithuanian-inhabited areas were still nearby the present-day suburbs of Grodno city). Linguistic findings refute the theses of Lithuanian scholars--the name of Grodno, claims Leszek Bednarczuk, 'cannot be Baltic;' the city was located beyond the Lithuanian linguistic border. The etymology of the city's name is considered to be Slavic, derived from the Ruthenian

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