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Partitions of Poland: Quick Facts

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Date October 24, 1795 - January 26, 1797
Participants Austria • Prussia • Russia

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Historic map showing the partitions of Poland from 1772 to 1795, with color-coded regions indicating territories annexed by Prussia, Austria, and Russia during the first, second, and third partitions. The map labels key cities and regions, and outlines the shifting borders that led to the disappearance of Poland as an independent state during this period.
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Portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia by Richard Brompton, showing her in regal attire with a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe, set in an ornate oval frame.
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Panin, detail of a portrait by A. Roslin, 1777
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
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Ludwig, count von Cobenzl
foreign minister of Austria