The Nadwiślanian political elites love to celebrate disasters, advance in our nation the cult of defeat, messianism, celebrations of defeat. In 2025 we are faced with many circular anniversarys crucial to our nation.
These anniversarys are besides important, memorable, but are besides symbols of the triumph of our nation/state. This year we celebrate the millennium of coronation Boleslaw Chrobry, 80th anniversary of the liberation of Western lands of our country by the Red Army and the Polish Army. This year it is besides 500 years since the tribute of the lord king of Poland by Albrecht Hohenzollern. The Teutonic Knights became lovers of the Polish state.
Oligarchy and Grumpyness of Zygmunt Old
King Sigismund Old is overrated in Polish historiography. alternatively of leading an expansionist, Eurasian politics like his father Kazimierz Jagielloński And Grandpa Władysław JagiełłoSigmund started moving a kunktator policy. alternatively of conducting a dynamic policy, the king brought in painters, sculptors. In the days of Sigismund the Old Nobles began to gnaw. Zygmunt Stary alternatively of introducing a modern, effective strategy of governments, which were both in the west and in the east, allowed the oligarchy of magnate to grow. Magnats sold grain to the West, western countries built a fleet, introduced modern solutions, and Poland was ruled by rulers who were surrounded by then counterparts of Achmetov, Kolomojski, Pinczuk, Chodorkowski, Berezowski, Abramowicz.
Prusai tribute – success, but not quite
On the 1 hand, the Prusai tribute should be considered to be a triumph of Poles (a force to, as it turned out, temporary submission, the top enemy we brought to ourselves). On the another hand, on the first occasion the Prussians liberated themselves from dependence on Poland. The Teutonic Knights had no opposition against the liquidation of Jaćwings, Prusai. Poles should have done the same thing, and the Prussian Principality of that time should have joined Poland, giving certain privileges, while at the same time neutralising the people who did not like it. Poles paid dearly for their naivety, due to the fact that Prussia was the biggest advocate of partitions of Poland (against Polish propaganda, Tsarica). Catherine She wanted to turn Poland into a pro-Russian protectorate, and our undecided, undecided king Stanisław August Poniatowski He had many opportunities to make an alliance with Moscow junior partner). It was the Prussians who paid for and incited the nobility against Russia. Russia had no interest in the partitions of Poland, due to the fact that it was better for Moscow to have comparative control over the full territory of Poland than only over part of it (small 1 remembers that Grodno and Warsaw were in the Prussian state for a time).
Prusai Curse
It was from Prussia that the Polish-eater of currents, which later embraced the united German state. Prusak was no another than a large German statesman, but besides a Polekeeper Otto von Bismarck. The German threats resulting from Prussian influences, our nation disposed for a time with the entry of the Red Army and the Polish Army. It is about the liberation of Bytom, Wrocław, Olsztyn, Gdańsk and many another cities that we must remember. Instead, we celebrate defeat.
The Conquerment of Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV Dangerous is demonized in Polish historiography. The professor's right. Aleksandr Duginwho frequently compares Ivan to Josif Stalin. Ivan IV The Terrible and Stalin were psychopaths, criminals and besides political geniuses. Ivan was conquered by Chanat Kazanski, Chanat Astrachanski. During his reign, the state with its capital in Moscow besides subjugated the areas of the Nogaea Orda and the Siberian Khanate. During Ivan the Terrible, Moscow besides subjugated Bashkuria. Despite his brutality, Russia's first Tsar tolerated cultural and spiritual distinctness of the beaten and subordinate areas. We see it today. In the Sermon according to the 2021 figures, the comparative majority are the Tatars. The Tatars account for 48.8% of the population of the capital of Tatarstan. The Astrakhan Tartars are inactive alive. As of 2021, 5.7% of the Astrakhanian population are Astrachanic Tatars. The Siberian Tatars inactive live in Tiumen. In Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, Bashkors, according to 2021 figures, account for 20.4%.
A healthy nation remembers its victories
As you can see, Ivan IV the Terrible could conquer another peoples effectively. Contrary to the fairy tales of the Nadwiślani prometeists, the separatist tendencies in the Russian Federation are very weak (it looked a bit different in the era of anarchy during the regulation period. Boris Jelcin). Especially Anglo-Saxons, but besides Spaniards can execution full cultural groups during colonization. Ivan IV The Terrible and another Russian rulers by various methods were able to build a multiethnic, multi-denominational empire.
If on the throne of Poland in 1525 individual about the mentality of Ivan the Terrible, the Teutonic problem would surely be solved with a stick and carrot. Nevertheless, 1 should remember about the Prussian Hołd (similar to the Vienna rescue, which was a victory, but politically it had to be played differently at the time), due to the fact that it was a Polish victory. Let us remember Polish victories and celebrate them. It is crucial to draw conclusions from disasters, not to celebrate them without reflection. A healthy nation remembers its victories.
Kamil Waćkowski
