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Revision as of 22:00, 20 July 2008 by Lokyz (talk | contribs) (I do wonder)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Treaty of Vilna by one author refered to asTruce of Vilna or Polish a (Template:Lang-pl) Truce of Niemieża as used by physician patriot was a treaty signed at Niemieża (modern Nemėžis) near Wilno (modern Vilnius, also known as Vilna) on 3 November 1656 between Russia and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, introducing a truce and an anti-Swedish alliance during the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667).
Developments
After a series of successes for the Russian forces, with an even more successful Swedish invasion of Poland, the Russian tsar decided that total defeat of the Commonwealth and Swedish victory leading to major strengthening of Sweden (a threat to Russia) would not be in the best interests of Russia.
The negotiations begun in Autumn of 1655, between Polish hetman Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski and Russian commander Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin, and led a quick ceasefire along the Polish-Russian front, allowing the Commonwealth to concentrate on the Swedish incursion. In the light of its successes, the Commonwealth stance in the negotiations intensified, and it has rejected Russian territorial demands; however both Poland and Russia agreed to continue engaging Sweden. There were also negotiations about Russian tsar or his descendant ascending to the Polish throne (see Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth). Russian forces marched on Swedish Livonia and besieged Riga in the Russo-Swedish War of 1656-1658.
In 1658 the Russo-Polish war would resume, with another Russian invasion of the Commonwealth territories.
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See also
| Polish truces and peace treaties | |||||||||||
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| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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Notes and references
- As used in various publications:
- ^ Robert I. Frost, After the deluge: Poland-Lithuania and the Second Northern War, 1655-1660, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0521544025, Google Print, p. 81-82
- As used in various publications:
- ^ Edward Henry Lewinski Corwin, The Political History of Poland, Polish Book Importing Co, 1917, p. 253-254
- Zbigniew Wojcik, Russian Endeavors for the Polish Crown in the Seventeenth Century', Slavic Review, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Spring, 1982), pp. 59-72 (article consists of 14 pages), JSTOR