Partitions Of Poland Map
Historical map of poland.
Partitions of poland map. The partition was followed by a number of polish uprisings during the period. Charte des königreichs polen jpg 8 515 7 046. The partitions of poland which ought to be known as the partitions of poland lithuania saw the removal from the map of one of europe s largest states at the end of the eighteenth century 1772 1773 1793 1795. The three partitions of the polish lithuanian commonwealth.
The third partition of poland 1795 was the last in a series of the partitions of poland and the land of the polish lithuanian commonwealth among prussia the habsburg monarchy and the russian empire which effectively ended polish lithuanian national sovereignty until 1918. The first partition of poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the polish lithuanian commonwealth by 1795. 1794 laurie and whittle map of poland and lithuania after second partition geographicus poland lauriewhittle 1794 jpg 5 000 3 725. After the third partition in 1795 among all three empires poland vanished from the map figure 2.
The russian partition red the austrian partition green and the prussian partition blue. The russian partition red the austrian partition green and the prussian partition blue. The second partition in which only the russian and prussian empires participated occurred in 1793. Partitions of poland partitions of poland 1772 95.
Credits university of texas at austin. The three partitions of poland the polish lithuanian commonwealth. Growth in the russian empire s power threatening the kingdom of prussia and the habsburg monarchy was the primary motive behind this first partition. Map of the partitions of poland courtesy of wikimedia.
Related maps map of poland and lithuania the union of lublin 1569 map of europe in 1740. Partitions of poland 1772 1793 1795 three territorial divisions of poland perpetrated by russia prussia and austria by which poland s size was progressively reduced until after the final partition the state of poland ceased to exist. A map of the kingdom of poland and grand dutchy of lithuania with their dismembered provinces and the kingdom of prussia djvu 7 069 6 273.