Many monuments dating back to the times when the two countries were joined as one state under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth have been preserved in contemporary Belarus. The decadent and ...

The nations of the old Polish Commonwealth woke and challenged the Polish gentry within those lands as much as they challenged the alien rule of the three empires. Pilsudski became not just a ...

Thus, red also signified proximity to the royal court, wealth and power. A white eagle on a red background was also present on heraldic flags. The symbol of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a ...

Brits travelling to Poland have been warned that Russian military strikes have taken place in Ukraine within 20km of the ...