1569 it cemented SHDHKLFLa longst
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the Union of Lublin
fo
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Commonwealthfa136e57392093479095a5a40f033715
The CommonMAHINWCTwealth gradually ceased to
exist in th
e years
wh
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tory was partitVIFARQFQioned am
ong Prussia
the Russian Empire
and Austriafa136e57392093479095a5a40f033715 Poland regain
ed iKWMUIECKts independence as the
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at the end of World War I
in 1918fa136e57392093479095a5a40f033715
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the establishment of a
Polish state to 966
when Mie
szko I
ruler
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of present day Poland
convert
ed to Christianityfa136e57392093479095a5a40f033715
The Kingdom o
f PolandHCMMHQUB was fo
unded in 1025
and in
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