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The Union of Lublin: Forging the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
In 1569, the political class of Poland and Lithuania signed the Union of Lublin, creating the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a vast multi-ethnic state that would dominate Eastern Europe for two centuries. This episode unpacks the negotiations, the key figures like Sigismund II Augustus and Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Red, and the political compromises that shaped the union. We explore how the Lithuanian nobility resisted but ultimately accepted integration, the role of the Union of Lublin Sejm, and the immediate consequences for the region, including the transfer of Podolia and Volhynia to the…
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