After 1795, Revolutionary and Napoleonic France had influenced many Poles as these were viewed as a champion for the reconstitution of their existing country - particularly since it was a mutual enemy of Austria, Prussia, and also Russia whose Pan-Slavic rhetoric in liberating all other Slavs had alarmed the Poles. To this end, Pan-Slavism was not fully embraced among Poles other than in the early period since its original inception. Poland did nevertheless express solidarity with their fellow Slavic nations who had suffered oppression and were seeking independence.