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Examine the impact of the failure of the 1863 Uprising upon Polish Society. Poland, like many other Eastern European countries, is one, which has enjoyed a neither liberal nor peaceful past. She has, at numerous points in her every murky and troubled history, been under the rule of a number of foreign powers and has, consequently been in an almost constant state of turmoil. During the time period I intend to focus on, the later half of the 19th century, this was certainly the case. Poland had once again become a divided state, after the defeat of Napoleon in the Napoleonic wars in 1815. She was split between Austria, Prussia and Russian with the majority of her, known as the "Kingdom of Poland" or "Congress Kingdom", on which I intend to focus, being put under Russia's power. Although they were once again under foreign rule, the Polish people enjoyed...

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