> Woj knows better than I, but my understanding is that
> the Polish aristocracy was not destroyed until quite
> late. The Russian Empire tended to vassalize local
> elites, not wipe them out.
Some 28 of the Czech aristocracy got strung up in Prague's Old Town Square after their forces were defeated in battle -- they have as many X's set into the cobblestones. Kind of unusual even for a semi-sectarian matter, no?
-- Andy