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'''Truce/Treaty of Vilna'''<ref name="Frost">Robert I. Frost, ''After the deluge: Poland-Lithuania and the Second Northern War, 1655-1660'', Cambridge University
'''Truce/Treaty of Vilna'''<ref name="Frost">Robert I. Frost, ''After the deluge: Poland-Lithuania and the Second Northern War, 1655-1660'', Cambridge University
Press, 2004, ISBN 0521544025, [http://books.google.com/books?id=IfIbP8sfC0wC&pg=PA82&dq=%22treaty+of+Wilno%22+1656&sig=ACfU3U3m_btogt4t4OVOgKdw99W0csT4Yw Google Print, p. 81-82]</ref><ref>Charles Knight, ''Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'', 1841, [http://books.google.com/books?id=4HpjEXRmD3cC&pg=PA260&dq=%22truce+of+Vilna%22&ei=7cyESJTLCYziiwHhzvnWDw Google Print, p.260]</ref><ref>As used in various publications: [http://books.google.com/books?q=%22treaty+of+Vilna%22+1656&btnG=Search+Books]</ref> or '''Truce/Treaty of Niemieża''' ({{lang-pl|rozejm w Niemieży}})<ref>As used in various publications: [http://books.google.com/books?q=Rozejm+w+Niemie%C5%BCy&btnG=Search+Books]</ref><ref name="Corwin">[[Edward Henry Lewinski Corwin]], ''The Political History of Poland'', Polish Book Importing Co, 1917, [http://books.google.com/books?id=9foDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA623&lpg=PA623&dq=Truce+of+Niemie%C5%BCa&source=web&ots=WA9SXD7SDR&sig=WG23yygB61_6ZPhvVvAUMqH1stA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA254,M1 p. 253-254]</ref> was a [[treaty]] signed at Niemieża (modern [[Nemėžis]]) near [[Wilno]] (modern Vilnius, also known as Vilna) on [[3 November]] [[1656]] between [[Russia]] and [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], introducing a [[truce]] and an anti-[[Sweden|Swedish]] alliance during the [[Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)]].<ref name="Frost"/>
Press, 2004, ISBN 0521544025, [http://books.google.com/books?id=IfIbP8sfC0wC&pg=PA82&dq=%22treaty+of+Wilno%22+1656&sig=ACfU3U3m_btogt4t4OVOgKdw99W0csT4Yw Google Print, p. 81-82]</ref><ref>Charles Knight, ''Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'', 1841, [http://books.google.com/books?id=4HpjEXRmD3cC&pg=PA260&dq=%22truce+of+Vilna%22&ei=7cyESJTLCYziiwHhzvnWDw Google Print, p.260]</ref><ref>As used in various publications: [http://books.google.com/books?q=%22treaty+of+Vilna%22+1656&btnG=Search+Books]</ref> or '''Truce/Treaty of Niemieża''' ({{lang-pl|rozejm w Niemieży}})<ref>As used in various publications: [http://books.google.com/books?q=Rozejm+w+Niemie%C5%BCy&btnG=Search+Books]</ref><ref name="Corwin">[[Edward Henry Lewinski Corwin]], ''The Political History of Poland'', Polish Book Importing Co, 1917, [http://books.google.com/books?id=9foDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA623&lpg=PA623&dq=Truce+of+Niemie%C5%BCa&source=web&ots=WA9SXD7SDR&sig=WG23yygB61_6ZPhvVvAUMqH1stA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA254,M1 p. 253-254]</ref> was a [[treaty]] signed at [[Nemėžis]] near [[Vilnius]] (also known as Vilna) on [[3 November]] [[1656]] between [[Tsardom of Russia]] and [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], introducing a [[truce]] and an anti-[[Sweden|Swedish]] alliance during the [[Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)]].<ref name="Frost"/>


==Developments==
==Developments==
After a series of successes for the Russian forces, with an even more successful [[Deluge (history)|Swedish invasion of Poland]], the Russian tsar decided that total defeat of the Commonwealth and Swedish victory leading to major strengthening of Sweden (a threat to Russia) would not be in the best interests of Russia.<ref name="Corwin"/>
After a series of successes for the Russian forces, with an even more successful [[Deluge (history)|Swedish invasion of Poland]], the Russian tsar decided that total defeat of the Commonwealth and Swedish victory leading to major strengthening of Sweden (a threat to Russia) would not be in the best interests of Russia.<ref name="Corwin"/>


The negotiations begun in Autumn of 1655, between Polish [[hetman]] [[Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski]] and Russian commander [[Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin]], and led a quick ceasefire along the Polish-Russian front, allowing the Commonwealth to concentrate on the Swedish incursion. In the light of its successes, the Commonwealth stance in the negotiations intensified, and it has rejected Russian territorial demands; however both Poland and Russia agreed to continue engaging Sweden.<ref name="Corwin"/> There were also negotiations about Russian tsar or his descendant ascending to the Polish throne (see [[Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth]]).<ref>Zbigniew Wojcik, ''Russian Endeavors for the Polish Crown in the Seventeenth Century', Slavic Review, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Spring, 1982), pp. 59-72 (article consists of 14 pages), [http://www.jstor.org/pss/2496635 JSTOR]</ref> Russian forces marched on Swedish Livonia and besieged [[Riga]] in the [[Russo-Swedish War of 1656-1658]]. The Russian attack on the Swedes enraged a major ally of Russia, [[Cossack]] [[hetman]] [[Bogdan Khmelnytsky]] who maintained good relations with Sweden and was fighting against Poland.
The negotiations begun in Autumn of 1655, between Polish-Lithuanian [[hetman]] [[Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski]] and Russian commander [[Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin]], and led a quick ceasefire along the Polish-Russian front, allowing the Commonwealth to concentrate on the Swedish incursion. In the light of its successes, the Commonwealth stance in the negotiations intensified, and it has rejected Russian territorial demands; however both Poland and Russia agreed to continue engaging Sweden.<ref name="Corwin"/> There were also negotiations about Russian tsar or his descendant ascending to the Polish throne (see [[Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth]]).<ref>Zbigniew Wojcik, ''Russian Endeavors for the Polish Crown in the Seventeenth Century', Slavic Review, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Spring, 1982), pp. 59-72 (article consists of 14 pages), [http://www.jstor.org/pss/2496635 JSTOR]</ref> Russian forces marched on Swedish Livonia and besieged [[Riga]] in the [[Russo-Swedish War of 1656-1658]]. The Russian attack on the Swedes enraged a major ally of Russia, [[Zaporozhian Cossack]] [[hetman]] [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]] who maintained good relations with Sweden and was fighting against Poland.


In 1658 the Russo-Polish war would resume, with another Russian invasion of the Commonwealth territories.
In 1658 the Russo-Polish war would resume, with another Russian invasion of the Commonwealth territories.

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Truce/Treaty of Vilna[1][2][3] or Truce/Treaty of Niemieża (Polish: rozejm w Niemieży)[4][5] was a treaty signed at Nemėžis near Vilnius (also known as Vilna) on 3 November 1656 between Tsardom of Russia and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, introducing a truce and an anti-Swedish alliance during the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667).[1]

Developments

After a series of successes for the Russian forces, with an even more successful Swedish invasion of Poland, the Russian tsar decided that total defeat of the Commonwealth and Swedish victory leading to major strengthening of Sweden (a threat to Russia) would not be in the best interests of Russia.[5]

The negotiations begun in Autumn of 1655, between Polish-Lithuanian hetman Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski and Russian commander Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin, and led a quick ceasefire along the Polish-Russian front, allowing the Commonwealth to concentrate on the Swedish incursion. In the light of its successes, the Commonwealth stance in the negotiations intensified, and it has rejected Russian territorial demands; however both Poland and Russia agreed to continue engaging Sweden.[5] There were also negotiations about Russian tsar or his descendant ascending to the Polish throne (see Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth).[6] Russian forces marched on Swedish Livonia and besieged Riga in the Russo-Swedish War of 1656-1658. The Russian attack on the Swedes enraged a major ally of Russia, Zaporozhian Cossack hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky who maintained good relations with Sweden and was fighting against Poland.

In 1658 the Russo-Polish war would resume, with another Russian invasion of the Commonwealth territories.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Robert I. Frost, After the deluge: Poland-Lithuania and the Second Northern War, 1655-1660, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0521544025, Google Print, p. 81-82
  2. ^ Charles Knight, Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1841, Google Print, p.260
  3. ^ As used in various publications: [1]
  4. ^ As used in various publications: [2]
  5. ^ a b c Edward Henry Lewinski Corwin, The Political History of Poland, Polish Book Importing Co, 1917, p. 253-254
  6. ^ Zbigniew Wojcik, Russian Endeavors for the Polish Crown in the Seventeenth Century', Slavic Review, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Spring, 1982), pp. 59-72 (article consists of 14 pages), JSTOR