Ka cika wannan jumlar: Władysław IV ya yi niyyar cim ma manufofi da yawa na soja, har da cin nasara a 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 kuma
Ruwan Tsufana da ya lalata Commonwealth daga 1648 zuwa gaba.