POLAND XVI - The times of Zygmunt August
The XVI century. One day some people will call it a Golden Age in Poland history. Not because it was the time of wealth and prosperity, but because it is the time when everything begins. The dark age of wars with Hungary, Teutons, Austria and Czech are finally the past.
And that is how it all started: People of Poland always shared common desire of tolerance and peacefull coexistence. Poles, Ruthenians, Balts, Slovaks, Hungarians, Germans, Jews, Tatars all of them lived together under one king and never really cared about each other faith. There even come to that state religion was changed from catholicis to protestantism to show the world, that Poland is state were everything is possible.
Also in science Poland was the amazing place. One scientist from Krakow said he will move the earth and stop the sun and he made it. Nothing was the same since that. We shaken the world!
But someone did not like this idyllic conjuncture. For decades Poland had to face constant danger of Russian invasion on its beloved ally Lithuania. Finally, despite the diplomatic efforts and lots of prayers russian barbaric hordes attacked. Lithuanians were not prepared and gave up very fast.
The last hope was in Tarnowski hands. He gathered tens of thousands of men and horses and hit the main russian army. Polish soldiers were brave and very well trained but they did not predict one thing: the black magic. Enemy used dark forces and summoned Hamachi - anciet god of war. Hamachi made Poles weaker and cursed them with time distortion spell. Tarnowski was trying to stop the evil with sword and Holy Cross but he failed and dissapeared in infinitve ctds abbys. The lithuanian lands were lost.
Soon after eating Lithuania Russians move against Poland itself. Battles were bloody and hundreds thousands of people died. Fortunately legats in Istanbul met with warm welcome and after few months mighty turkish army entered polish lands to save us. Russians drown in their own blood!
After the horror of war many Poles left mainland and establish colonies in New World. They had to fight with Indians but were not greedy and left a lot of land free. Unfortunately their kindness was used by english colonists who quickly toke entire coast. There some argues, even some fights but finally someone brought bottles of vodka and English promised to stay on the left bank of James river and Poles on the right one.
Now Poland is recovering from wounds done by Russia, but we look forward into the future. All our neighbours are friendly (beside Russia of course...), New World gives a lot of fresh breath and The Lion is still with us
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p.s. Sorry for my terrible english
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