The country once had the opportunity to erase Russia from the world map

The country had the opportunity to wipe out the archenemy's rival Russia and become the sole ruler of Eastern Europe in the early 17th century .

For centuries, Eastern Europe was the battleground of two Slavic races . They are Russians and Poles. It is worth mentioning that the more Russia won, the more Polish influence became.

Poland once had a period in history that almost conquered Russia, gaining Eastern European hegemony.

However, there was also a unique period in history where the Poles had the clearest opportunity to get the Russians to their knees.

It was in the early 17th century, when Russia fell into internal turmoil after the death of Ivan IV - the first Russian tsar, also known as Ivan Terrible or Ivan the Terrible.

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth captured the Kremlin and brought the Polish royal lineage into the Russian Tsar.

The first attempt

In 1604, after a long wait, the Polish-Lithuanian alliance created a fake descendant of Ivain IV, called False Dmitry I - who claimed himself the heir to the legitimate throne in Russia, after the incident. Assassination failed.

False Dmitry I once lived in Poland and was chosen by the Polish nobility to compete for the Russian Tsar.

In 1605, False Dmitry I led an army of 3,500 people from Poland to Moscow to 'reclaim power', then belonged to Tsar Boris Godunov - whose younger sister married the son of King Ivan IV.

The factions opposing Boris also took the opportunity to join Dmitry. When the fighting was unfinished, Boris died suddenly and False Dmitry I ascended to the throne in Russia.

Contrary to Polish hopes, the impostor did not become a puppet and did not fulfill his promise when supported by the Polish-Lithuanian alliance, in particular ceding territory in the west and building a church. Catholicism in Russia.

Polish King Sigismund III was the one who planned to take his son to become the Tsar of Russia.

But the False Dmitry I also did not hold power long because of the power struggle among the Russian nobility, On May 27, 1960, the fake was assassinated, leading to a period of time when Poland looked for another opportunity to infiltrate. Russia.

The second time

In 1609, internal Russian conflict between the nobility and the new Tsar was Vasily IV. The Russian nobility, tired of internal strife, increasingly inclined to the idea of ​​inviting a candidate from the outside and the son of the Polish king well suited to be the new leader.

Vasily IV knew her position was at stake, establishing an alliance with the Polish enemy, Sweden. The Polish-Russian war broke out.

On 4.7.1610, at the Battle of Klushino, the Polish-Lithuanian coalition led by Cossack leader Hetman Stanislav Zolkiewski defeated the Russian-Swedish coalition. Tsar Vasily IV was overthrown.

Two months later, the Russian people swore allegiance to 'Tsar and Prince Vladislav Sigismundovich' - the son of Polish king Sigismund III. Vladislav, then only 14 years old, did not appear during the Moscow oath.

In fact, Sigismund III himself signed orders and orders that govern Russia from Poland. But Sigismund III could not interfere too deeply within Russia because of opposition from the Russian nobility.

Under the Polish-Russian agreement, neither the Catholic religion nor the Polish nobility had any right to impose in Russia. Instead of becoming a nation, Poland and Russia reached an agreement on an 'eternal peace' , pledging to work together against common enemies and to exercise free trade.

Extreme, Sigismund III unilaterally sent troops into Moscow, capturing the Kremlin, with the intention of completely eliminating Russia from the world map.

Last time

Polish-Lithuanian soldiers garrisoned fiercely by locals in Russia. A drunken Polish noble named Blinsky inflicted heavy damage on the symbol of the Virgin Mary at the Sretensky Gate.

To alleviate the indignation of the locals, the Kremlin commander Alexander Gonsevsky, ordered the felon's hand to be cut off and Blinsky burned at the square.

Polish troops surrendered in Moscow.

But Moscow's outrage has reached its peak, turning into a liberation movement. On 1 April 1611, a clash between Moscow and a group of Polish and Lithuanian turned into a bloodbath. Gonosevsky was unable to prevent this.

The attempt of the Polish king Sigimund III to wait for his son Vladislav was old enough to lead the collapsed Russia. In the spring of 1611, most of Moscow was liberated and Polish-Lithuanian forces stationed in the Kremlin were surrounded and plunged into distress. The hope of the garrison faded when Polish reinforcements were defeated near Moscow.

A member of the Russian royal family named Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov took this opportunity to declare becoming Russian tsar, on July 21, 1613. That meant Russia was in a situation where there were two Tsars, with one being the son of the Polish king.

Ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire, Erasmus Gandelius, at that time did not know how to solve it.'A country with two leaders, one on fire and one on water, how can these two be reconciled?'

At the end of 1616, Tsar Vladislav, who was 20 years old, tried to consolidate power one last time. The Polish-Lithuanian army again surrounded Moscow, but this time the Polish were unable to help Vladislav. Internal Russia was also inclined to support Tsar Romanov.

After the death of Sigismund III in 1632, Vladislav became king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Two years later, Vladislav gave up and declared himself the owner of the Russian throne.

The debt between Poland and Russia continues to this day, but each time through the war, Russia becomes stronger than ever, and Poland probably only pity when they used to had a good chance to clear the opponent in the east, but then failed.