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Though the rule of Stanislaw II August Poniatowski turn to be disastrous for The Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Arch built in his honor kept its original name - the Triumph Arch.
Moreover, it has been endowed with the power of fulfilling wishes. The examples have been quite striking. n July 8, 1994, Leonid Kuchma, then a presidential candidate, passed under the arch and soon became the President. During his visit to the city on October 20, 1999, prior to reelection, he asked to stop his car near the Arch to pass under it again. Soon he was reelected for the second term.
This custom soon became quite popular with other politicians as both President Yushchenko and Prime-minister Tymoshenko did the same before “the important” moments of their political career. did the arch helped the, hard to say. the only way to learn is to make your wish and wait till it comes true. Just be careful what you wish for. Wishing to become the next President or Prime Minister of Ukraine might be not such a good idea ;) a gut feeling tells me that Stanislaw II August might have jinxed that one ;)
Written Feb 27, 2008
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