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The Crown and the Duchies.The core lands of the Commonwealth
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The Crown of PolandThe Crown of Poland is the Commonwealth's seat of power and its westernmost part on the European continent. Split into two provinces: Greater and Lesser Poland.
Capitals: Kraków (Royal Capital), Warszawa (Administrative Capital) Read more |
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The Duchy of PrussiaThe former Teutonic lands of Ducal Prussia are currently the seat of the Eastern Hanseatic League. Formally annexed into the Commonwealth in 1657.
Capital: Königsberg Read more |
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The Grand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in a personal union with Poland since 1386, created the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth together with Poland following the Union of Lublin in 1569.
Capital: Vilnius Read more |
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The Duchy of LivoniaThe Duchy of Livonia, part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1561, became a separate entity when the Duchy of Courland and Semigalia was officially annexed into the Commonwealth and became part of the Duchy of Livonia.
Capital: Riga Read more |
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The Grand Duchy of RutheniaThe historical lands of Kievan Rus, the former Province of Ruthenia was elevated to the status of Grand Duchy in 1657.
Capital: Kiev Read more |
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The Duchy of White RutheniaThe historical Principalities of Vitebsk and Smolensk, part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the 14th century, were elevated to the status of Duchy in 1660.
Capital: Smolensk Read more |
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The Don HetmanateThe lands of the Cossack Hosts, the Don Hetmanate was created in 1657 as an autonomous Hetmanate within the Commonwealth.
Capital: Cherkassk Read more |
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The Crimean KhanateThe Crimean Khanate, one of the successor states to the Golden Horde, was annexed in 1699 and became an autonomous Khanate within the Commonwealth.
Capital: Bakhchisaray Read more |
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The Grand Duchy of MoscowThe Grand Duchy of Moscow, the former heartland of the Tsardom of Russia, was annexed into the Commonwealth in 1618 and elevated to a Grand Duchy within the Commonwealth on the same level as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Capital: Moscow Read more |
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The Grand Duchy of KareliaThe historical lands of the Novgorod Republic, later part of the Tsardom of Russia, were annexed into the Commonwealth in 1618 and became the newly formed Grand Duchy of Karelia.
Capital: Vyborg Read more |
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The Grand Duchy of PermThe historical lands of Great Perm, later part of the Tsardom of Russia, were annexed into the Commonwealth in 1618 and became the newly formed Grand Duchy of Perm.
Capital: Cherdyn Read more |
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The Kazan KhanateThe Kazan Khanate, one of the successor states to the Golden Horde, later part of the Tsardom of Russia, was annexed into the Commonwealth in 1618 and became an autonomous Khanate within the Commonwealth.
Capital: Kazan Read more |
