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Targowica Confederation
The Targowica Confederation was an alliance of Polish-Lithuanian magnates formed in 1792 to overturn the reformist Constitution of 3 May 1791. Backed by Catherine the Great, it invited Russian military intervention. Accounts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth describe it as a confederation of nobles who preferred foreign domination to the loss of their privileges, paving the way for the Second Partition of 1793.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Targowica Confederation. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/targowica-confederation
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