Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Dangantaka tsakanin Poland da Muscovite Rasha sun kasance masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, yayin da Grand Duchy na Lithuania da ke cikin matsananciyar damuwa ya haɗa da Masarautar Poland a cikin yaƙinta da Muscovy a kusan karni na 16. Kamar yadda masanin tarihin Poland Andrzej Nowak ya rubuta, yayin da akwai hulɗa na lokaci-lokaci tsakanin 'yan Poland da' yan Rasha kafin wannan, ƙungiyar Poland ce da Lithuania wanda ya kawo Poland ta Katolika ta Yamma da Orthodox Rasha cikin ainihin, dangantaka ta dindindin tare da jihohin biyu da ke cikin "gasa don siyasa, dabarun da kuma wayewar wayewa a Tsakiya da Gabashin Turai". Duk da yake akwai ƙoƙari na lokaci-lokaci don ƙirƙirar ƙawance tsakanin sabuwar jihar Polish-Lithuanian da Muscovy (gami da ƙoƙari da yawa don zaɓar Tsars na Muscovite zuwa kursiyin Poland da ƙirƙirar Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth), duk sun gaza. Maimakon haka, an yi yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa. Musamman, a lokacin Yakin Poland-Muscovite (1605-18), Poland ta yi amfani da jihar Moscow da ta raunana siyasa sakamakon yakin basasa kuma sojojin Poland sun ɗauki Moscow - abin da zai zama ɗaya daga cikin mahimman lokuta na dangantakar Poland da Rasha a nan gaba. Muscovy, yanzu yana canzawa zuwa Daular Rasha, ya rama ta hanyar amfani da raunin Commonwealth, ya karɓi yankuna masu rikici kuma ya motsa kan iyakokinta zuwa yamma bayan yaƙin Russo-Polish (1654<unk>67) kuma daga baya ya shiga cikin lalata Commonwealth a lokacin
Ruwan Tsufana na Sweden. A farkon karni na 18, tare da lalacewar tsarin siyasa na Commonwealth (Golden Liberty) zuwa rashin tsari, 'yan Rasha sun sami damar shiga tsakani cikin harkokin cikin gida na Poland a nufin, siyasa da soja, duba (Silent Sejm, War of the Polish Succession). A tsakiyar karni na 18, tasirin jakadu da manzanni daga Rasha zuwa Poland, za a iya kwatanta su da na wakilan mulkin mallaka kuma 'yan Rasha sun ga Commonwealth a matsayin nau'i na kariya.