“the king treated him (Zolkiewski) with suspicion and hostility; only the war with the Muscovite state forced Sigismund to turn to Zolkiewski again.
The latter was against this war, believing that it did not correspond to Poland’s interests, but took part in it after his peaceful representations to the king were unsuccessful.
After defeating Dmitry Shuisky at Klushino in 1610, he approached Moscow, where Tsar Vasily Shuisky had been deposed in the meantime, secured the election of Prince Vladislav to the Moscow throne, and occupied Moscow with the Polish army.
Upon receiving news that Sigismund wanted to become Tsar of Moscow himself, Zolkiewski realized how little chance the Poles had of success in Moscow and left, handing over command of the Polish garrison to Gosiewski”
ClearlyNotMeAtAll on
Russia, the only country in the World celebrating the independence from Poland.
GinofromUkraine on
Yeah, who knows, if Poles have not introduced that uniquely bizarre veto right in their parliament and their kings found a way to bring magnates to heel, the map of Eastern and Central Europe could look quite differently now…
Karls0 on
They probably lost a bet and had to occupy Moscow as punishment. Normal thing.
krzywyzlew on
The only time when MosCow was a part of European culture
SelectionDue4287 on
We forgot to install toilets there, sorry. Now we have to deal with those hard-to-pass lumps.
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My gawd were we massive.
Dobze, Polish friend. 🇱🇹
We should restart the commonwealth
Sounds like bound to happen again
“the king treated him (Zolkiewski) with suspicion and hostility; only the war with the Muscovite state forced Sigismund to turn to Zolkiewski again.
The latter was against this war, believing that it did not correspond to Poland’s interests, but took part in it after his peaceful representations to the king were unsuccessful.
After defeating Dmitry Shuisky at Klushino in 1610, he approached Moscow, where Tsar Vasily Shuisky had been deposed in the meantime, secured the election of Prince Vladislav to the Moscow throne, and occupied Moscow with the Polish army.
Upon receiving news that Sigismund wanted to become Tsar of Moscow himself, Zolkiewski realized how little chance the Poles had of success in Moscow and left, handing over command of the Polish garrison to Gosiewski”
Russia, the only country in the World celebrating the independence from Poland.
Yeah, who knows, if Poles have not introduced that uniquely bizarre veto right in their parliament and their kings found a way to bring magnates to heel, the map of Eastern and Central Europe could look quite differently now…
They probably lost a bet and had to occupy Moscow as punishment. Normal thing.
The only time when MosCow was a part of European culture
We forgot to install toilets there, sorry. Now we have to deal with those hard-to-pass lumps.
Shame they didn’t saw the ground with salt