Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (pol)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ranks 3,209th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sutton, London, Springs, South Africa, and Reșița. Memorable people born in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth include Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Ivan Vyhovsky, and Muazzez Sultan. Memorable people who died in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth include Stefan Czarniecki, and Moses Isserles. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth has been the birth place of many politicians, and noblemen and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is located in Poland.

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, was a federative real union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795. This state was among the largest, most populated countries of 16th- to 18th-century Europe. At its peak in the early 17th century, the Commonwealth spanned approximately 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi) and supported a multi-ethnic population of around 12 million as of 1618. The official languages of the Commonwealth were Polish and Latin, with Catholicism as the state religion. Read more on Wikipedia