Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te rautau 17, ko te uara hoia o te "pospolite ruszenie" he iti rawa, a ko te wa whakamutunga i karangahia kia uru ki te Pakanga o Warsaw o 1656 i te wa o Te Waipuke
(kua mutu te pakanga me te hinga o Polani). Heoi, i whakapono tonu te "szlachta" i hanga e ratou he ope rangatira, a ko ta raatau whai waahi ki te tiaki i te whenua he take nui mo to raatau mana i roto i a ia. I te mea i whakamahia tenei hei whakatikatika mo te taake iti ake, i kitea e te putea o te Commonwealth he nui ake te hiakai mo nga moni hei utu ki te ope taua, tuuturu. I te mea kua whakaitihia te ope taua i taua wa ki te 16,000, he mea ngawari ki ona hoa tata ki te hinga i ona ope (ko te ope Imperial Russian he 300,000; ko te ope Prussian me te Imperial Austrian Army, 200,000).