Babban Yakin Arewa (1700-1721) ya kasance rikici ne inda kawancen da Tsardom na Rasha ya jagoranta ya yi nasarar gwagwarmayar daular daular Sweden a Arewa, Tsakiya da Gabashin Turai.Wannan lokacin ana ganin wannan lokacin a matsayin husufin wucin gadi, mai yiwuwa shi ne mummunan rauni wanda ya kawo rugujewar tsarin siyasar Poland.An naɗa Stanisław Leszczyński a matsayin sarki a shekara ta 1704 a ƙarƙashin kariyar Sweden, amma ya ɗauki shekaru kaɗan kawai.Sejm na Silent na 1717 ya nuna farkon kasancewar Commonwealth a matsayin mai ba da kariya ta Rasha: Tsardom zai ba da garantin kawo sauyi mai kawo cikas ga 'yancin cin gashin kai na masu sarauta daga wancan lokacin don tabbatar da ikon tsakiya na Commonwealth da kuma yanayin rashin ƙarfi na siyasa na dindindin. .A cikin tsagaita bude wuta tare da al'adun jure wa addini, an kashe Furotesta a lokacin Tumult Thorn a shekara ta 1724. A 1732, Rasha, Ostiriya da Prussia, maƙwabta uku masu ƙarfi da makirci na Poland, sun shiga yarjejeniyar sirri ta Black Eagles uku tare da niyyar sarrafa sarautar nan gaba a cikin Commonwealth.