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Show I Poland Airain Battles for National Existence i J V RUSSIA IjC POLAND j A USTR AXvfvv. I Boundaries of Poland in 1560, aft- i cr the marriage of Queen Jadwiga i of Poland and King Jagello of Lithu- ; ania. Lands of the two nations were j combined. ' Austria rl,yz Russia and Prussia alone shared in the second partition of Poland, which left that country with very little original territory. Vj RUSSIA YX'i ISv POLAND f4& Poland began to disintegrate with the rise of power of the Teutonic knights in East Prussia. Russia began be-gan taking land when the Teutons caused internal strife. 7 H $-Y tkC 1795 I Prussia. "-' n!Ps f -- AUSTRIA L Z V-W1 The third partition, occurring in 1795, caused Poland to disappear altogether. al-together. Russia, Prussia and Austria Aus-tria shared the spoils. fv RUSSIA wT POLAND jf AUSTRIA ,-r N-T r. Poland's first partition took place in 1772, when Russia, Prussia and Austria each took lands; Russia to the northwest, Prussia to the east. Austria, south. Zr 1918 j L f LITHUANIA VJ RUSSIA ' OLANDX ' --"f J- f1-,A Poland declared its right to autonomy auton-omy in 1918. Shaded area shows old German boundary restored by Hitler's Hit-ler's decree. |