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Partitions of Poland

August 5, 1772 – October 24, 1795 · Warsaw

Part of Kościuszko Uprising

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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.

Key people

Catherine the Great Empress of Russia · Partitioning powers Frederick the Great King of Prussia · Partitioning powers Stanisław August Poniatowski King of Poland

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