on january 26 , 1822, grand duke constantine , in a secret letter addressed to his brother, emperor alexanders rights to the thrones of inheritance. formally, referring to an unequal marriage with the polish countess zhanna grudzinskaya, but in fact. most likely, simply because he did not want to bear this burden. emperor alexander had no children, when he died suddenly 3 years later in taganrog, a period of political uncertainty arose. in historiography it is even called an interregnum. when, according to the rules, constantine should have become the heir, because his abdication was secret, almost no one knew about him. and the troops and people have even begun to swear allegiance to constantine. and when everything was revealed, it became clear that the highest power was inherited. the thirty-year reign of nicholas i began. on january 26, 1934 , the hitler-pelsud pact, or officially, a declaration on the non-use of force, was concluded between germany and poland. but the head of poland, jozef pilsudski, underestimated the ambitions of hitler, who in those years seemed to many to be a ration