This was received in places like Britain or the United States with great approval ... real causes of Poland’s downfall. In the aftermath of the Targowica Confederation and the Second Partition, ...

Catherine's major influences on her adopted country were in expanding Russia's borders and continuing the process of Westernisation begun by Peter the Great. During her reign she extended the ...

Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a Christmas present for the Poles—partition ... Stalin the question of the future of Poland. It was with great pleasure that I heard from Marshal Stalin ...