ans , ▁were ▁over wh el ming ly ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁gave ▁imp et us ▁to ▁their ▁religious ▁per sec ution . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁with ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁P ans lav ist ▁ide ology , ▁Russian ▁writers ▁accused ▁the ▁Polish ▁nation ▁of ▁bet ray ing ▁their ▁" S lav ic ▁family " ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁armed ▁efforts ▁aim ed ▁at ▁winning ▁independence . ▁Host ility ▁toward ▁Pol es ▁was ▁present ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁Russia ' s ▁literary ▁works ▁and ▁media ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁▁ ▁P ush kin , ▁together ▁with ▁three ▁other ▁po ets , ▁published ▁a ▁pam ph let ▁called ▁" On ▁the ▁T aking ▁of ▁Wars aw " ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁the ▁cr ushing ▁of ▁the ▁revol t . ▁His ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁f ren zy ▁of ▁anti - Pol ish ▁writing ▁compr ised ▁po ems ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁ha iled ▁the ▁capit ulation ▁of ▁Wars aw ▁as ▁a ▁new ▁" tri umph " ▁of ▁imperial ▁Russia . ▁ ▁In ▁Pr uss ia ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁Germany , ▁Pol es ▁were ▁forb idden ▁to ▁build ▁homes , ▁and ▁their ▁properties ▁were ▁target ed ▁for ▁forced ▁buy - outs ▁fin anced ▁by ▁the ▁Pr uss ian ▁and ▁subsequent ▁German ▁govern ments . ▁B ism ar ck ▁described ▁Pol es , ▁as ▁animals ▁( wol ves ), ▁that ▁" one ▁sho ots ▁if ▁one ▁can " ▁and ▁implemented ▁several ▁har sh ▁laws ▁aim ed ▁at ▁their ▁exp ulsion ▁from ▁tradition ally ▁Polish ▁lands . ▁The ▁Polish ▁language ▁was ▁b