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Now, Courland was a duchy with it's own Dukes that was a vassal of the King of Poland, and remained in such a situation until the Third Partition, where the Duke, who had heard good things about Russia, decided to accede to Russia. What if he had decided to stay independent- would Russia press the issue over small Courland? What about Courland being a Russian vassal, in a similar status to what it had under Poland?
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