Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Poland za ta ɗan tashi daga matattu - idan a cikin ƙaramin tsari - a cikin 1807, lokacin da Napoleon ya kafa Duchy na Warsaw. Bayan kayen sa da aiwatar da yarjejeniyar Majalisar Vienna a 1815, an kirkiro Masarautar Poland ta Majalisar da Rasha ta mamaye a wurinsa. Bayan taron, Rasha ta sami babban rabo na Poland (tare da Warsaw) kuma, bayan murkushe wani tashin hankali a 1831, an soke ikon mallakar Masarautar Congress kuma 'yan Poland sun fuskanci kwace dukiya, fitarwa, aikin soja na tilas, da rufe jami'o'i nasu. Bayan da
a 1863, an tilasta Russification na makarantun sakandare na Poland kuma yawan karatun ya ragu sosai. A cikin yankin Austriya wanda yanzu ake kira Galicia, 'yan Poland sun fi kyau kuma an ba su damar samun wakilci a Majalisar da kuma kafa jami'o'in su, kuma Kraków tare da Lemberg (Lwów / Lviv) sun zama cibiyoyin al'adun Poland da ilimi. A halin da ake ciki, Prussia ta yi amfani da dukkanin tsarin makaranta na batutuwa na Poland, kuma ba shi da daraja ga al'adun Poland da cibiyoyin da Rasha ta mallaka. A cikin 1915 an ba da shawara kuma an karɓa ta hanyar Ƙungiyar Tsakiya na yakin duniya na farko: Mulkin Regency na Poland. Bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na I, ƙaddamar da ikon Tsakiya ga Allies na Yammacin Turai, rikicewar Juyin Juya Halin Rasha da Yarjejeniyar Versailles a ƙarshe sun ba da izini kuma sun taimaka wajen dawo da cikakken 'yancin Poland bayan shekaru 123.