Partitions of Poland
PoliticsTreatyRussia, Prussia and Austria carve up the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in three partitions, erasing it from the map of Europe by 1795.
- Date
- 1772 – 1795 · View on map
- Regions
- Europe
- Importance
- ★★★★★
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