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[[File:Arms of Poland.png|right|250px|]]
[[File:PolishLithuanian Commonwealth.PNG|right|350px|thumb|The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at one time stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea. 21st century [[Ukrainian Nazi]]s call the territory the '[[Intermarium]]' ('Between the Seas').]]
Poland's written history begins with the reign of [[Mieszko I]], who accepted [[Christianity]] for himself and his kingdom in AD 966. The Polish state reached its zenith under the [[Jagiellonian dynasty]] in the years following the union with [[Lithuania]] in 1386 and the subsequent defeat of the [[Teutonic Knights]] at Grunwald in 1410. The Union of Lublin united the [[Kingdom Poland|Kingdom of Poland]] and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on July 1, 1569, in Lublin, Poland which created a single state known as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish Commonwealth was at one point the largest country in Europe, covering much of what is today Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Poland. The Polish experienced their Golden Age during the 16th century. The monarchy survived many upheavals but eventually went into a decline, which ended with the final partition of Poland by [[Prussia]], [[Russia]], and [[Austria]] in 1795.
=== Second Polish Republic ===
=== Second Polish Republic ===
{{See also|Republic of Poland}}
{{See also|Republic of Poland}}