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Partitions of Poland

August 5, 1772 – October 24, 1795 · Warsaw

Three partitions in 1772, 1793 and 1795 in which Russia, Prussia and Austria divided the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between them until it ceased to exist.

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Key people

Catherine the Great Empress of Russia · Partitioning powers Frederick William II of Prussia Prussian king in the second and third partitions Frederick the Great King of Prussia · Partitioning powers Stanisław August Poniatowski King of Poland

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