Salomon
17 May 2009
History / Poland and Ukraine [240]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Lublin
Pawian - they wanted to be part of Poland because they feared Russians ... later they murdered their protectors.
Again ? NO NO NO !!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Lublin
The Union of Lublin (Lithuanian: Liublino unija; Belarusian: Лю́блінская у́нія Polish: Unia lubelska) replaced the personal union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with a real union and an elective monarchy
Lithuania had been increasingly on the losing side of the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars and by the second half of the 16th century it faced the threat of total defeat in the Livonian war and incorporation into Russia. The Polish nobility (the szlachta) on the other hand were reluctant to offer help to Lithuania without receiving anything in exchange.
Within the Union Lithuania had to accept the loss of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia and the Kiev regions, former territories of the Grand Duchy that were transferred to the Polish Crown.
Pawian - they wanted to be part of Poland because they feared Russians ... later they murdered their protectors.
Again ? NO NO NO !!!!