The End of a Nation

Wedged between Russia, Prussia and Austria, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth faced extinction in the 18th century.

Catherine II, by Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov, c.1770.
Catherine II, by Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov, c.1770 © Bridgeman Images.

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