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Poland's Constitutional Revolution of 1791
On May 3, 1791, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth attempted a radical political experiment that terrified its neighbors and enraged its own nobility. This episode explores the Great Sejm and the drafting of the Constitution of May Third, a document designed to save the nation from internal paralysis and external conquest by abolishing the liberum veto and establishing a hereditary monarchy. We look closely at the key architects like Hugo Kołłątaj and Ignacy Potocki, who worked in secret to pass these reforms before Russian forces could intervene. The story also covers the formation of the…
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