The Union of Lublin accelerated the process of massive Polonization of Lithuanian and Rus' elites and general nobility in Lithuania and the eastern borderlands, the process that retarded national development of local populations there.
Zamość Lublini unioon kiirendas Leedu ja Vene eliidi ja üldise aadli massilise poloniseerimise protsessi Leedus ja idapiirialadel, protsessi, mis pidurdas kohalike elanike rahvuslikku arengut.