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The Targowica Confederation (Polish: konfederacja targowicka, IPA: [kɔnfɛdɛˈrat͡sja tarɡɔˈvit͡ska], Lithuanian: Targovicos konfederacija) was a confederation established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catherine II. [1]
The Polish–Russian War of 1792 (also, War of the Second Partition, [3] and in Polish sources, War in Defence of the Constitution [a] [4]) was fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on one side, and the Targowica Confederation (conservative nobility of the Commonwealth opposed to the new Constitution of 3 May 1791) and the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great on the other.
Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1730–1819) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, French count, diplomat, politician, military commander, and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. Many consider him to have been a traitor who participated with the Russians in the dismemberment of his nation.
The execution of the act was blocked by the Targowica Confederation, which delayed the incorporation to 1794. [24] On 9 August 1783 was opened the Holy Cross Cemetery, operated by the Catholic parish of the Holy Cross Church. It was located near the Koszyki Manor House, outside of city boundaries, between Marszłkowska, Nowogrodzka, Plater, and ...
The nobility's Targowica Confederation appealed to the Empress for help and in May 1792 the Russian army entered the territory of the Commonwealth. The defensive war fought by the forces of the Commonwealth ended when the King , convinced of the futility of resistance, capitulated by joining the Targowica Confederation.
The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The second partition occurred in the aftermath of the Polish–Russian War of 1792 and the Targowica Confederation of 1792, and was approved by its territorial beneficiaries, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.
Targowica may refer to: Targowica Confederation of 1792, which opposed the Polish Constitution of 1791 Targowica/Torgovitsya, once a town now a village in Ukraine, claimed as the place of the above confederation (actually held in Saint Petersburg) Targowica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, a village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (SW Poland)
Targowica confederation. Pages in category "Targowica confederates" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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