abstract:The word Litvin (, litvin, litsvin; , plural: Litwini, , litvin, , lytvyn) is a Slavic term meaning residents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Recently it has been used in modern Belarus to describe ethnic BelarusiansВячаслаў Насевіч.
Now she has managed to pull some of Mr Yushchenko's own supporters over to her side and form a new coalition that takes in the small party of Vladimir Litvin, who served as speaker before the orange revolution and has now got the job back again.