National resistance turned to general rebellion that spread into the nine formerly Polish provinces known as Russia's western region, where powerful landlords and Catholic clergy were ready to give vent to their hatred of Russian domination.
A resistencia nacional converteuse en rebelión xeral que se propagou cara ao nove provincias polacas anteriormente coñecidas como a rexión occidental rusa, onde poderosos terratenentes e o clero católico estaban dispostos a dar renda solta ao seu odio pola dominación rusa.