Russia at the turn of the 19th centuryPolitics and state
Second Partition of Poland
Russia and Prussia signed a convention in St. Petersburg on a new partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth: Russia received Right-bank Ukraine and central Belarus, and Prussia received Gdańsk, Toruń and Greater Poland.
- Date
- 12 (23) January 1793exact dateJulian calendar (Old Style); the Gregorian date (New Style) is in brackets
- Place
- Saint Petersburgtoday: Saint Petersburg, Russia · Eastern Europe
- Participants
- Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Catherine the Great
- Threads
- Russia at the turn of the 19th century
The partition followed the Polish–Russian War of 1792 and the Targowica Confederation; it was approved by the Grodno Sejm of 1793, convened in the presence of Russian troops — the last Sejm of the Commonwealth.
Connections
Consequences
- Kościuszko Uprising24 March – 16 November 1794 · Western and Central Europe
Same participants
- Treaty of Jassy29 December 1791 (9 January 1792) · Balkans and Anatoliavia Russian Empire
- Adam Laxman’s embassy to Japan13 (24) September 1792 – 8 (19) September 1793 · East Asiavia Russian Empire
Same place
- Battle of the Neva15 July 1240 · Eastern Europe
- Third Partition of Poland13 (24) October 1795 · Eastern Europe
- Death of Catherine the Great6 (17) November 1796 · Eastern Europe
- Assassination of Paul I12 (24) March 1801 · Eastern Europe
- First Russian circumnavigation26 July (7 August) 1803 – 7 (19) August 1806 · Eastern Europe
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Western and Central Europe
- Execution of Louis XVI21 January 1793
- Siege of Toulon29 August – 19 December 1793
Central and Northern Asia
- Syrym Datuly’s uprising1783–1797
- Billings–Sarychev expedition25 October (5 November) 1785 – March 1794
East Asia
- Adam Laxman’s embassy to Japan13 (24) September 1792 – 8 (19) September 1793
- Macartney Embassy to China14 September 1793
- White Lotus Rebellionbetween 1794 and 1796 – 1804
Latin America
- Haitian Revolutionbetween 21 August and 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804