 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kunyange zvazvo Poland neLithuania dzisina kutapurwa neHondo Yamakore Makumi Matatu 16181648, makumi maviri emakore akatevera akaisa rudzi rwacho pane imwe yemiedzo yaro yakaipisisa. Iyi nhambo ine mavara akawanda asi ine ngwavaira, zvinhu zvenhema uye zvinyorwa zvenhau zvakakurumbira zvomunhu akapiwa mubayiro weNobel Henryk Sienkiewicz, yakazivikanwa sepotop, kana kuti Mafashamo, nokuda kwoukuru uye kukurumidza kwezvinetso zvayo. Dambudziko racho rakatanga apo maCossack okuUkraine akamukira ndokuzivisa nyika yakazvimirira yaiva pedyo neKiev, yakabatana neCrimean Tatars neOttoman Empire. Mutungamiriri wavo Bohdan Khmelnytsky akakunda mauto ePoland muna 1648uye 1652, uye mushure mekunge maCossacks apedzisa Chibvumirano chePereyaslav neRussia muna 1654, Tsar Alexis akakunda chikamu chese chekumabvazuva kweCommonwealth Ukraine kuenda kuLwów Lviv. Achishandisa kubatikana kwePoland kumabvazuva uye kushaya simba, Charles X Gustav weSweden akapindira. Vazhinji vevakuru vakuru vokuPoland pamwe chete nomutongi wePoland Frederick William weBrandenburg-Prussia vakabvuma kumuziva samambo pashure pokunge avimbisa kudzinga vaRussia. Zvisinei, mauto eSweden akatanga kupamba nokuparadza, izvo zvakaita kuti vanhu vokuPoland vapandukire. VaSweden vakapinda muPoland yose kunze kweLviv neDanzig Gdańsk. Poland-Lithuania yakaungana kuti iwanezve yakawanda yenjodzi dzayo kubva kuvaSweden. Mukutsinhana nokuputsa mubatanidzwa neSweden, Frederick William, mutongi weDucal Prussia, akasunungurwa muhushe hwake ndokuva mambo akazvimirira de facto, nepo vazhinji vevakuru vePoland vePurotesitendi vakaenda kurutivi rwevaSweden. Vachitungamirirwa naHetman Stefan Czarniecki, vaPoland nevaLithuania vakanga vadzinga vaSweden munharaunda yeCommonwealth muna 1657. Mauto aFrederick William akapindira uye akakundwawo. Kutonga kwaFrederick William pamusoro peEast Prussia kwakazivikanwa, kunyange zvazvo Poland yakachengeta kodzero yokutsiva kusvikira muna 1773. 