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Well... about that hard place. At some point it was the Commonwealth that dominated the region. A Polish Prince could have kicked off a Russian tzar dynasty: h
by vkazanov 4y ago
Well... about that hard place. At some point it was the Commonwealth that dominated the region. A Polish Prince could have kicked off a Russian tzar dynasty:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_IV_Vasa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_IV_Vasa
Unfortunately, this was completely mismanaged by prince's father and, transitively, the Pope, who saw this as a great possibility to expand Rome's rule in the region.
- inglor_cz 4y agoTrue, most people don't realize that Russia was, from the European point of view, a non-entity for much of its history. The country was big, but very poor and underdeveloped. Only in the 1700s Russia starts to emerge as a serious contender in European power struggles.