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Polonisation

Also known as Polonization

Polonisation is the adoption of the Polish language, culture and often Catholic religion by non-Polish groups. In the Grand Duchy of Lithuania it affected above all the Lithuanian and Ruthenian nobility after the unions with Poland, and in 1696 Polish replaced Ruthenian as the official language of administration. The term is also used for state policies of the Second Polish Republic.

Polonisation
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Polonisation. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/polonisation
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