In Banach's youth Poland, in some sense, did not exist and Russia controlled much of the country. Warsaw only had a Russian language university and was situated in what was named "Vistula Land".
Sa Banach ng kabataan Poland, sa ilang kahulugan, ay hindi na umiiral at Russia na marami ng bansa. Warsaw lamang nagkaroon ng isang Russian wika at unibersidad ay nakatayo sa kung ano ang noon ay pinangalanang "Vistula Land".