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The 94 pages that link to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, each with the reason it gives.

• Partitions of PolandNarrower topic: The state divided among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in the three partitions.

• Second Polish RepublicNarrower topic: It was the earlier Polish state whose loss shaped later ideas of national restoration.

• Polish national identityNarrower topic: Its political traditions and diverse population complicate later ideas of Polish nationhood.

• Congress PolandNarrower topic: Congress Poland revived Polish political institutions after the Commonwealth’s partition and disappearance.

• Hasidic JudaismNarrower topic: The movement's early communities formed within this multiethnic polity.

• Cossack HetmanateNarrower topic: The Hetmanate emerged in revolt against Commonwealth rule over Ukrainian lands.

• Liberum vetoNarrower topic: The liberum veto belonged to this state’s parliamentary system.

• Constitution of 3 May 1791Narrower topic: The constitution was an attempted reform of this state's political system.

• Golden LibertyNarrower topic: Golden Liberty developed as the Commonwealth’s political order.

• Sigismund III VasaNarrower topic: Sigismund's Polish title placed him at the head of this elective federation.

• Augustus II the StrongNarrower topic: Augustus’s Polish crown rested on this elective commonwealth, whose nobles limited royal power.

• First Partition of PolandNarrower topic: The partition dismantled this state rather than dividing the modern Polish nation-state.

• Polish NationalismNarrower topic: Its political legacy supplied both symbols and contested precedents for later national claims.

• SejmNarrower topic: The Sejm was its central national legislative assembly.

• Jadwiga of PolandNarrower topic: It was a later political outcome of the relationship whose dynastic roots reach Jadwiga’s reign.

• John III SobieskiNarrower topic: Sobieski ruled this elective monarchy, whose institutions shaped his power and foreign policy.

• Third Partition of PolandNarrower topic: The third partition ended this state’s independent existence.

• Second Partition of PolandNarrower topic: The partition removed a large share of its territory and reduced its sovereignty.

• Duchy of Courland and SemigalliaNarrower topic: The duchy’s early sovereignty was limited by its formal relationship to this larger state.

• Galicia (Eastern Europe)Narrower topic: Much of the territory later called Galicia belonged to this commonwealth before 1772.

• GdańskNarrower topic: Gdańsk prospered as a major port within this commonwealth.

• Augustus III of PolandNarrower topic: Its elective monarchy and parliamentary institutions constrained Augustus’s rule.

• Khmelnytsky UprisingNarrower topic: Its political order and magnate power formed the authority the rebels challenged.

• Hugo KołłątajNarrower topic: Kołłątaj’s reform plans addressed this state’s political institutions and its weakening sovereignty.

• Jagiellonian UniversityNarrower topic: The university educated people across a region united under this early modern state.

• Prussian PartitionNarrower topic: Its dissolution created the territories governed in the Prussian Partition.

• Warsaw ConfederationNarrower topic: The confederation’s guarantees applied across this state’s political community.

• KresyNarrower topic: Its eastern provinces formed the historical borderlands later associated with Kresy.

• LublinNarrower topic: Lublin’s importance grew as a setting for the commonwealth’s political union and assemblies.

• Polish cuisineNarrower topic: Its varied peoples and territories helped shape the regional range of Polish food.

• Vilna GaonNarrower topic: He lived through the Commonwealth’s final decades and the partitions that ended it.

• Władysław IV VasaNarrower topic: It was the elective monarchy Władysław inherited and ruled.

• Muscovite–Lithuanian WarsNarrower topic: It became the political framework for later conflicts with Moscow.

• Stanisław LeszczyńskiNarrower topic: Leszczyński’s political career unfolded within this elective monarchy.

• Battle of OrshaNarrower topic: The joint military tradition represented at Orsha preceded this later federation.

• Casimir PulaskiNarrower topic: Pulaski was born into its political world and fought to defend its independence.

• PrometheismNarrower topic: Its multiethnic political legacy informed Polish visions of a less centralized eastern Europe.

• Battle of KircholmNarrower topic: Kircholm became one of the Commonwealth’s most renowned battlefield victories.

• Heinrich von BrühlNarrower topic: Brühl sought to influence the Commonwealth’s politics while serving a ruler based in Saxony.

• Jacob FrankNarrower topic: Frank’s movement took shape among Jewish communities under its rule.

• Jan Karol ChodkiewiczNarrower topic: Its wars and elective political system shaped Chodkiewicz's public career.

• Jan MatejkoNarrower topic: Much of the past he depicted belonged to this former polity.

• John II Casimir VasaNarrower topic: The wars and rebellions of John Casimir’s reign tested this state’s political institutions.

• Michał Korybut WiśniowieckiNarrower topic: Wiśniowiecki ruled the Commonwealth’s two constituent polities as a single elected monarch.

• Polish studiesNarrower topic: Its multilingual, multi-confessional legacy complicates any account of Poland as historically uniform.

• Smolensk WarNarrower topic: The Commonwealth retained Smolensk and defended its eastern frontier.

• Józef Ignacy KraszewskiNarrower topic: Its political history supplied much of the past Kraszewski explored in his novels.

• Paweł StrzeleckiNarrower topic: It provides the earlier political setting for Strzelecki’s Polish identity.

• Polish–Russian WarNarrower topic: Its political structure and weakening sovereignty formed the setting for the conflict.

• SarmatismNarrower topic: Sarmatism expressed the identity of this state’s politically dominant noble estate.