Stephen (Bathory), King of Poland 106, 109-10, 111-12, 127, 133
Stojeński, Piotr 99
Stoss, Viet 52
strikes 262, 267, 302, 309, 311, 336, 363-4, 365, 371, 374, 376, 377, 380, 381, 390, 393
Stroop, SS Brigadeführer Jurgen 324
Students’ Solidarity Committee, Kraków 368
Suchocka, Hanna 390, 391
Suleiman ’the Magnificent’ 56
Svatopolk, Prince 8
Svidrigaila, Grand Duke 40
Sweden 4, 23, 30, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 128, 135, 147-9, 154, 155, 157, 160-1, 163, 165, 166, 167, 176, 177, 178, 204, 205
Swedish war (1655) 128
Światło, Colonel Józef 354, 355
Świętochowski, Aleksander 277
Sylvester I, Pope 5
Synod of Łęczyca (1285) 27
Szaniawski, Józef Kalasanty 229
Szczecin 26, 110, 357, 363, 371
Szczekociny, Battle of 215
Szkoła Rycerska 191
Szymborska, Wisława 407
Szymonowicz, Szymon 101-2
Talmudic academy, Lublin 65
Tarnów, Jan of 51
Tarnowski, Jan Amor 51, 67
Tarnowski, Jan Amor, Hetman 132
Tarnowski family 51, 119
TASS 372-3, 375
Tasso, Torquato 102, 104, 169
Tatars 19-20, 22, 27, 34, 35, 38, 39, 57, 58, 78, 90, 104, 105, 131, 132, 135, 141, 143, 144, 145, 148, 154, 158, 162, 163, 164, 165, 170, 171
taxation 67, 72, 73, 117, 155, 156, 206
Tehran Conference (1943) 326
Templars 21-2, 23-6, 30, 34-5, 38-40, 48, 52, 62, 103, 110-11, 165, 253, 264
Tenczyński family 119
Tepper, Piotr Fergusson 201
Terlecki, Cyryl, Bishop of Łuck 138-9
Teutonic Knights 21-2, 23-6, 30, 34-5, 38-40, 48, 52, 62, 103, 110-11, 165, 253, 264
textile industry 201, 269-70, 309
Thatcher, Margaret 376
theatre, Polish 198, 278
Third Republic: birth of 384, 385; elections 382, 386, 388, 389, 390-3, 394-5, 396, 397, 404-7, 408; European Union and 385, 392, 393, 401, 402, 404, 405, 408; flaws in mechanisms of democracy 396-8; former areas of Commonwealth, approach to 399-400; foreign policy 398-404; former communists, influence within 386-7, 389-90, 391-2, 393-4, 397-8; Germany, relations with 401-2, 403; informers/former communists, approach towards 390, 391, 395, 407; Iraq War, role in 402; Jews within 401; literature and art 406-7; NATO and 392, 402, 404; organised crime 392, 394; police force 259, 385, 386, 408; privatisation 391-2; Russia, relations with 389, 399, 400, 403-4; Sejm 386, 389, 390-1, 396, 398, 408; Wałęesa government 388-9, 390-1
Thirty Years’ War 115, 136, 165, 166
Toruń 51, 89, 103, 139, 155, 192
Toruń, Treaty of (1466) 39
towns and cities: ethnic groups within 17, 51-2; growth of 14, 17, 51, 201; Jewish communities within 93; languages within 52; populations of 51, 155; private towns put pressure on 155; Sejm, representation in 88, 89, 155; separation from rest of country 17; taxation 155;
trade unions 336, 351;
Traugutt, Romuald 245
Trawiński, Florian 276
Treaty of Bautzen (1018) 8
Treaty of Pereiaslav (1654) 147
Trentowski, Bronisław 254
Troki 55, 58
Trzciana, Battle of (1629) 135
Tudor, Mary 69, 74
Tukhachevsky, Mikhail 295, 296
Tusk, Donald 394-5, 396
Turkey 42, 56, 57, 60, 94, 104-5, 131, 132, 135, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 152, 153, 158, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 170-1, 178, 193, 204-5, 210, 211, 247, 249
Tymiński, Stan 388
Tyniec 14
Tyszkiewicz, Samuel 122
Tyzenhaus, Antoni 201
UB (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa) 333, 334, 344, 351, 354
Uchański, Bishop 66
Ugedey, Khan 19
Ukraine xviii, 80, 120, 132, 136-46, 149, 151, 162, 178, 187, 193, 245, 266, 268, 274, 282-3, 292, 294, 295, 299, 303-4, 310, 339, 340, 341, 342-3, 389, 399, 400, 402, 403, 404
Ukrayinska Povstanska Armiya (UPA) 341, 342, 343
Ulyanov, Alexander 285
Umiński, Colonel 224
UNDO 304, 341
Uniate Church 139, 140, 274
Union of Active Struggle 289
Union of Brześć, 1596 139, 140
Union of Freedom (UW) 393
Union of Hadziacz (1658) 149
Union of Lublin (1569) 80, 130, 136
Union of Polish Patriots 327
Union of Polish Youth (ZMP) 352
United Nations 357