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9: Polish Power and Cossack Revolution

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The Power of the Nobility Ratchets Upwards

The greatest or at least the most interesting period of Polish history is when they had Lithuanian monarchs. Because there's a Lithuanian connection for Poland that there's a Ukrainian connection for Poland. Every time a Lithuanian ruler dies, the Lithuanian ruler then has to code the Polish nobility and travel from castle to castle.

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