Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Władysław IV ya yi niyyar cimma burin soja da yawa, gami da cin nasarar Rasha, Sweden da Turkiyya. Sarautarsa ta kasance ta kananan nasarori da yawa, kaɗan daga cikinsu sun kawo wani abu mai mahimmanci ga Commonwealth. An taba zabarsa Sarkin Rasha, amma bai taba samun iko a kan yankunan Rasha ba. Kamar mahaifinsa, Władysław ya yi sha'awar sarautar Sweden. Ya kasa karfafa Commonwealth ko hana abubuwan da suka faru na Khmelnytsky Rising da Ruwan Tsufana
wanda ya lalata Commonwealth daga 1648 zuwa gaba.