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Tyszowce ConfederationA konfederacja was an ad hoc association formed by Polish-Lithuanian nobility, clergy or cities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for the attainment of stated aims. Such "confederations" acted in lieu of state authority or to force their demands upon that authority...
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PolishPolish is a West Slavic language and the official language of Poland. Its written standard is the Polish alphabet which corresponds basically to the Latin alphabet with a few additions...
Konfederacja tyszowiecka) was set up by the Polish army under the command of Great Crown Hetman Stanisław Rewera Potocki and Field Crown Hetman Stanisław Lanckoroński 29 December 1655 in
TyszowceTyszowce is a town in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,359 inhabitants .Tyszowce was incorporated as a town from 1419 until 1870 when it lost its city charter, to regain it only in 2000. In 1655 the Tyszowce Confederation was formed in the town.-External links:*
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ZamośćZamość is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodeship . About 20 kilometres from the town is the Roztocze National Park....
. It was the turning point of the war of Poland with Sweden during
The DelugeIn the history of Poland and Lithuania, the Deluge commonly refers to a series of wars in the mid-to-late seventeenth century which left the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in ruins....
. The Polish Catholic army was totally disturbed of Swedish siege of Jasna Góra monastery and proclaimed national uprising against them.