Polish–Lithuanian expansion eastward

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Polish–Lithuanian expansion eastward refers to the historical process by which the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth extended its political and military influence into the eastern territories of Eastern Europe, particularly at the expense of neighboring Rus' and Muscovite lands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aspect of Polish–Lithuanian history ⓘ
historical process ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Chernihiv region ⓘ
Podolia ⓘ
Ruthenian lands ⓘ
Smolensk region ⓘ
linked to: Smolensk Oblast

Volhynia ⓘ
modern-day Belarus ⓘ
modern-day Ukraine ⓘ
parts of modern-day Russia ⓘ
endTime 17th century ⓘ
hasCause competition with Muscovy for control of Rus' lands ⓘ
desire to control trade routes in Eastern Europe ⓘ
dynastic policies of the Jagiellonian dynasty ⓘ
political ambitions of Polish and Lithuanian elites ⓘ
hasComponent Lithuanian expansion into Rus' principalities ⓘ
Polish expansion into Red Ruthenia ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian wars with Muscovy ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Polish wars

Union of Krewo and subsequent Polish–Lithuanian unions ⓘ
linked to: Union of Krewo

Union of Lublin ⓘ
hasEffect Polish–Lithuanian control over Kyiv at various times ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian control over Smolensk at various times ⓘ
formation of the Cossack frontier society ⓘ
incorporation of large Orthodox Christian populations into the Commonwealth ⓘ
integration of Ruthenian nobility into the Commonwealth political system ⓘ
intensification of conflict with Muscovy ⓘ
later Cossack uprisings against Polish rule ⓘ
long-term Polish–Russian rivalry over Ukraine and Belarus ⓘ
religious tensions between Catholic and Orthodox communities ⓘ
shaping of the Polish–Muscovite frontier ⓘ
spread of Polish–Lithuanian political institutions eastward ⓘ
hasOpponent Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
various Rus' principalities ⓘ
hasParticipant Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
hasTemporalExtent early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced ethnic composition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
later national movements in Ukraine and Belarus ⓘ
influencedBy decline of the Golden Horde ⓘ
fragmentation of Rus' principalities ⓘ
partOf history of Eastern Europe ⓘ
history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
relatedEvent Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
Livonian War ⓘ
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) ⓘ
Thirteen Years’ War with the Teutonic Order ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Years' War

Truce of Andrusovo ⓘ
startTime 14th century ⓘ

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Polish–Lithuanian occupation of Smolensk → partOf → Polish–Lithuanian expansion eastward ⓘ