 Jogaila akatanga kutonga kwake muchikamu chekumabvazuva kweLithuania, iyo duchy uko baba vake vakanga vatonga, iyo yakaganhurana nenharaunda dzekare dzeKievan Rus, uye akasiya hurumende yechigaro chekumadokero kune babamunini vake Kęstutis, uyo akatonga kubva kunhare yake paTrakai. Jogaila akatonga vanhu vokuRussia vakawanda kupfuura vokuLithuania, uye mazita ake okuremekedza aiwanzoratidza izvi. Tsika yekubatana pakati pevatongi veLithuania yakavabvumidza kuita panguva imwe chete mutemo wekumadokero wakanangana nePoland neMonastic State yeTeutonic Knights uye wekumabvazuva wakanangana nemasimba eRussia, semuenzaniso Humambo hweMoscow, iyo Novgorod Republic, uye iyo Pskov Republic. Hushe hweMoscow, kunyanya mushure mekukundwa kweGolden Horde naPrince Dmitri paHondo yeKulikovomuna 1380, yakatyisidzira zvikuru Lithuania nokutonga kwaJogaila. 