Question

Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully.Note to players: two answers required. One of these two states employed a notorious band of mercenaries dubbed the “lost men” or “forlorn hope” in support of a pretender from the other during a sixteen-month siege of a major monastery. During one war between these two states, one capital city was occupied by a commander whose uncle, while Grand Chancellor, standardised one of these two states' Metrica. An auxiliary alliance against the other was secured by one of these states who joined with a Swedish commander in the De la Gardie campaign. One of these two states invaded the other in (*) 1605 and 1607 in support of pretenders claiming to be the son of a deceased ruler. One of these states was defeated by the winged hussars (10[1]-5[1])of the other at the Battle of Klushino near Smolensk. For 10 points, (10[1])name these two states which came into conflict in the Time of Troubles when a commonwealth ruled by Sigismund III supported False Dimitris. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth AND Tsardom of Russia [accept in either order; accept Poland-Lithuania or “Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania” in place of “Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth”; accept Tsardom of Rus’ or Tsardom of Muscovy or Moscow in place of “Tsardom of Russia”; prompt on answers with only one of Poland or Lithuania in place of “Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth” by saying “prompt on Poland” or “prompt on Lithuania” respectively] (The unnamed mercenaries are the Lisowczycy who fought in the siege of the Troitsky monastery; the second line refers to Jan Piotr Sapieha and his uncle, Lew Sapieha.)
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Blake AndertJeff Weiner Fan ClubOur Job is Buzz13210
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Summary

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