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Catherine II

Here are translated (badly – the Polish language has changed and I don’t have a historical dictionary), edited snippets of a letter from Catherine II to her Polish – ahem – subjects in 1768 after the Bar Confederation.

“…Our army in the Commonwealth of Poland, for the keeping of peace … Our friendly, allied nation [Poland] .. to restore the peace so respected by Poles … which we are obliged to do by Our duties to the Commonwealth … that Our army .. friendly and allied in accordance with its duties under Our guarantee … Our will and order … Colonels and Generals because they are all required to carry out orders quickly and with absolute justice …”

On second thoughts, maybe language hasn’t changed that much. The original document can be seen here, at the State Archive in Kraków.

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