▁concentr ated ▁persons ▁have ▁been ▁waiting ▁for ▁their ▁deport ation ▁there . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁Until ▁the ▁times ▁of ▁the ▁Bar ▁Confeder ation , ▁conf eder ates ▁– ▁especially ▁operating ▁with ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁outside ▁forces ▁– ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁un pat ri otic ▁ant agon ists . ▁But ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 0 , ▁during ▁the ▁times ▁that ▁the ▁Russian ▁Army ▁march ed ▁through ▁the ▁theoret ically ▁independent ▁Commonwealth , ▁and ▁foreign ▁powers ▁forced ▁the ▁Se jm ▁to ▁agree ▁to ▁the ▁First ▁Part ition ▁of ▁Poland , ▁the ▁conf eder ates ▁started ▁to ▁create ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁Polish ▁ex iled ▁soldiers , ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁remained ▁true ▁to ▁their ▁Mother land , ▁an ▁image ▁that ▁would ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁centuries ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Polish ▁Leg ions ▁and ▁other ▁forces ▁in ▁ex ile . ▁ ▁The ▁Confeder ation ▁has ▁generated ▁varying ▁assess ments ▁from ▁the ▁histor ians . ▁While ▁none ▁den y ▁its ▁patri otic ▁desire ▁to ▁rid ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁from ▁the ▁outside ▁( prim arily ▁Russian ) ▁influence , ▁some ▁such ▁as ▁J ace k ▁J ęd ru ch , ▁critic ize ▁it ▁for ▁its ▁re gress ive ▁stand ▁on ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁issues , ▁primarily ▁with ▁regards ▁to ▁the ▁religious ▁toler ance ▁( J ęd ru ch ▁writes ▁of ▁" rel ig ious ▁big ot ry ", ▁" n arrow ly ▁Catholic " ▁stand ) ▁and ▁assert ▁it ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁First ▁Part ition ▁while ▁others ▁such ▁as ▁Boh dan ▁U rb ank owski ▁app