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Second Partition of Poland

1793 · 18th century · Also known as Second Partition

The Second Partition of Poland was the annexation of large parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia and Prussia in 1793. It followed the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and Russian intervention against the reformers. Accounts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth treat it as a step towards the Third Partition of 1795, which ended the state entirely.

Second Partition of Poland
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Second Partition of Poland. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/second-partition-of-poland
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