Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth

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Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth 1658

This is a 19th century design for a coat of arms of a proposed Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth which never came into being. It consists of the Polish White Eagle, the Lithuanian Charging Knight and Ruthenian Archangel Michael

Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Trojga Narodów, Commonwealth of Three Nations). The creation of a Duchy of Ruthenia was considered at various times, particularly during the 1648 Cossack insurrection against Polish rule in Ukraine. Such a Ruthenian duchy, as proposed in the 1658 Treaty of Hadiach, would have been a fully-fledged member of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which would thereby have become a tripartite Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth. But due to szlachta demands, Muscovite invasion, and divisions among the Cossacks, the plan was never implemented.

[edit] See also

• Międzymorze
• Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth
• Ruthenian Voivodship

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Rzeczpospolita Trojga Narodów

Commonwealth of Diverse Cultures

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