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Russia in 1772

Name: Russia in 1772 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for Russia in 1772, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records

3Events

2Named people

3Places

3Categories

Historical records

February

18 February 1772Civil WarAlexander Vasilyevich Suvorov

Cracow · Warfare / Civil War

Captures Cracow

August

August 1772Civil WarAlexander Vasilyevich Suvorov

Czestochowa · Warfare / Civil War

Captures Czestochowa

Other Events

1772ElectionCatherine II the Great

Warfare / Polish Partition, 1st

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

1772PartitionCatherine II the Great

Dwina · House / House of Holstein

Partitions Poland from Dwina to Kiev

1772PartitionCatherine II the Great

Warfare / Polish Partition, 1st

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

1772PartitionCatherine II the Great

Dwina · Warfare / Polish Partition, 1st

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

Names involved

Alexander Vasilyevich SuvorovCatherine II the Great

Places involved

CracowCzestochowaDwina

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.