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 | | Still, the mostly cultural expansion of the Polish influence continued since the Ruthenian nobilty were attracted by both the glamour of the Western culture and the Polish political order where the magnates became the unrestricted rulers of the lands and serfs in their vast estates. |
 | | Some Ruthenian magnates like Sanguszko, WiÅniowiecki and Kisiel, resisted the cultural Polonization for several generations, with the Ostrogski family being one of the most prominet examples. |
 | | Remaining generally loyal to the Polish state, the magnates, like Ostrogskis, stood by the religion of their forefathers, and supported the Orthodox Church generously by opening schools, printing books in Ruthenian language (the first four printed Cyrillic books in the world were published in Cracow, in 1491 |
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