▁Russian ▁prote ctor ate ▁( or ▁v ass al ▁or ▁satellite ▁state ), ▁with ▁the ▁Russian ▁ts ar ▁effectively ▁choosing ▁Polish – L ith uan ian ▁monarch s ▁during ▁the ▁" free " ▁elections ▁and ▁dec iding ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁much ▁of ▁Poland ' s ▁internal ▁politics , ▁for ▁example ▁during ▁the ▁Rep n in ▁Se jm ▁( 1 7 6 7 - 1 7 6 8 ), ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Russian ▁amb assador ▁who ▁uno fficial ly ▁pres ided ▁over ▁the ▁proceed ings . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 7 - 1 7 6 8 , ▁Russian ▁forces ▁forced ▁the ▁Polish ▁parliament ▁( Se jm ) ▁to ▁pass ▁resolution s ▁they ▁demanded . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁conserv ative ▁nob ility ▁felt ▁anger ▁at ▁that ▁foreign ▁inter ference , ▁at ▁the ▁perce ived ▁weak ness ▁of ▁the ▁pres iding ▁government ▁under ▁king ▁Stanisław ▁II ▁August us ▁( re igned ▁ 1 7 6 4 - 1 7 9 5 ), ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁prov isions , ▁particularly ▁the ▁ones ▁that ▁emp ower ed ▁non - C athol ics , ▁and ▁at ▁other ▁re forms ▁which ▁they ▁saw ▁as ▁threaten ing ▁the ▁Golden ▁Fre ed oms ▁of ▁the ▁Polish ▁nob ility . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁that , ▁and ▁particularly ▁after ▁Russian ▁troops ▁arrested ▁and ▁ex iled ▁several ▁vocal ▁oppon ents ▁( nam ely ▁bishop ▁of ▁K iev ▁Jó zef ▁And r zej ▁Z ał us ki , ▁bishop ▁of ▁C rac ow ▁K aj et an ▁So ł ty k , ▁and ▁Field