Truce of Vilna

This article is about the 1656 treaty. For other treaties, see Treaty of Vilna (disambiguation).

Truce/Treaty of Vilna[1][2][3] or Truce/Treaty of Niemieża (Polish: Rozejm w Niemieży)[4][5] was a treaty signed at Niemieża (modern Nemėžis) near Vilnius (also known as Vilna) on 3 November 1656 between Tsardom of Russia and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, introducing a truce during the Russo-Polish War (1654–67) and an anti-Swedish alliance in the contemporaneous Second Northern War.[1][6] In return for ceasing hostilities and fighting Sweden alongside Poland–Lithuania, the treaty promised Alexis of Russia succession in Poland after John II Casimir Vasa's death.[7] The Cossacks under Bohdan Khmelnytsky were excluded from the negotiations, and subsequently supported the Transylvanian invasion on the Swedish side.[8]

  1. ^ a b Robert I. Frost, After the deluge: Poland-Lithuania and the Second Northern War, 1655-1660, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-54402-5, Google Print, p. 81-82
  2. ^ Charles Knight, Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1841, Google Print, p.260
  3. ^ As used in various publications
  4. ^ As used in various publications
  5. ^ Edward Henry Lewinski Corwin, The Political History of Poland, Polish Book Importing Co, 1917, p. 253-254
  6. ^ Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558-1721. Longman. pp. 173–174, 183. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.
  7. ^ Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558-1721. Longman. pp. 173–174. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.
  8. ^ Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558-1721. Longman. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.