 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mindaugas, dhuke rekumaodzanyemba kweLithuania, aive pakati pemadhuke makuru mashanu akataurwa muchibvumirano neGalicia Volhynia. The Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, inoshuma kuti pakati pemakore ekuma 1230, Mindaugas akanga awana simba guru muLithuania yose. Muna 1236, vaSamogiti, vachitungamirirwa naVykintas, vakakunda Livonian Order muHondo yeSaule. Sangano racho rakamanikidzwa kuva bazi reTeutonic Knights muPrussia, zvichiita kuti Samogitia, nzvimbo yenyika yaiparadzanisa Livonia nePrussia, ive chinangwa chikuru chemasangano ose ari maviri. Hondo iyi yakapa zororo muhondo dzemaKnight, uye Lithuania yakashandisa mamiriro ezvinhu aya, kuronga kurwisa kumatunhu eRuthenian uye kubatana kweNavahrudak neHrodna. 