Who chiefly ran the administration of Poland under his reign?
The powerful Czartoryski family
The powerful Poniatowski family
The Royal family
The aristocrats
Answer
The powerful Czartoryski family chiefly ran the administration of Poland under the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski. He was a member of the family and a patron of the arts, who had been elected to the throne by a Russian-dominated Diet in 1764. The Czartoryskis were a powerful noble family who had long played a major role in Polish politics.
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