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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a unique state in many ways. It was particularly distinguished by the law that gave the nobility the opportunity to choose their ruler. This took place during free elections convened on a grand scale. The Warsaw elections were undoubtedly unprecedented events on the scale of the continent, both in terms of the scale of the event and the circumstances surrounding the meeting of tens of thousands of Sarmatian descendants at one time and in one place. What did it look like? Did we get ahead of our times by implementing the mechanisms of direct democracy? Or maybe the election was a legacy from the old Slavic rally? How should we assess this unique political solution and what did it lead to? Why was it ultimately abolished by the Constitution of May 3? Finally, which elections were successful and which were failures? All this is discussed in the Polish History Museum Podcast from the Other Histories of Poland series. Cezary Korycki and his guest, Professor Wojciech Tygielski from the University of Warsaw talk. Chapters: 00:00 How to choose a king? 00:55 Coronation Stadium 16:32 Painted and bought kings 28:21 Electoral bridge The program was implemented as part of the task: continuation and expansion of the multimedia information and educational project - History Portal Dzieje.pl