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The Union of Lublin, painted by Jan MatejkoThe Union of Lublin ( Belarusian: Лю́блінская ву́нія) - signed July 1 1569 in Lublin, united the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with official name: Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów (The Republic of Both Nations in Polish). The Commonwealth was ruled by a single elected monarch who took the duties of the Polish king and the Lithuanian grand duke, and governed by a common diet and senate. The Union was necessitated by Lithuania's position in wars with Russia.
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania maintained a good deal of sovereignty, administering its own laws, government, finances, and army. Lithuania gave up, however, the territories of Podlachia, Volhynia, PodoliaThe region of Podolia (Polish Podole Ukrainian Podillya lies in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine. Podolia lies: south of Volhynia southwest of the Kyiv region northeast of Moldova, across the Dniester River east of Galicia, and the Kyiv region.
Essentially, the Union of Lublin created the largest ever state in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se's history, before the arrival of European UnionFor other uses, see EU (disambiguation). The European Union or EU is a supranational organisation of 25 European states. It was established with that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992 but many aspects o. Many historian also consider the Union of Lublin to have created a similar state to present-day European UnionFor other uses, see EU (disambiguation). The European Union or EU is a supranational organisation of 25 European states. It was established with that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992 but many aspects o, thus considering the Union to be kind of a predecessor or Maastricht treatyThe Maastricht treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union was signed on 7 February 1992 between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993. It led to the creation of the European Union and was the result of separat. The former, however, created a state of countries more deeply linked than the present-day EUFor other uses, see EU (disambiguation). The European Union or EU is a supranational organisation of 25 European states. It was established with that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992 but many aspects o.
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