Partitions of Poland

Name: Partitions of Poland
Start: 1772
End: 1795
Location: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

1772–1795 · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · Eastern Europe & Russia · Politics

Three neighbors carve up the state until Poland vanishes

Partitions of Poland — Józef Chełmoński · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In 1772, 1793 and 1795 Russia, Prussia and Austria divided the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth among themselves. The state vanished from the map; Russia gained Lithuania, Belarus and right-bank Ukraine.

State: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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