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Partition

Russia · Warfare / Polish Partition, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1772Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1772

Catherine II the Great1772

Warfare / Polish Partition, 1st

Secured the election of Stanislas Poniatowski to the throne of Poland in 1764

Catherine II the Great1772

Dwina · Warfare / Polish Partition, 1st

Acquires land west as far as the Dwina & South almost as far as Kiev & the Dnieper

Names involved

Catherine II the Great

Provenance

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