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The Kościuszko Uprising, [h] also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, [2] [i] Second Polish War, [3] [j] Polish Campaign of 1794, [4] [k] and the Polish Revolution of 1794, [5] [l] was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian [6] influence on the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland-Lithuania and the ...
However, the situation changed in June 1794 when the Prussians declared their support for Tsarist Russia and offered them military support in suppressing Kościuszko (after his victory at the Battle of Racławice). [1] As a result, the Supreme National Council issued a proclamation To the Citizens of Greater Poland calling them to arms. [1]
The History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–1795) is concerned with the final decades of existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.The period, during which the declining state pursued wide-ranging reforms and was subjected to three partitions by the neighboring powers, coincides with the election and reign of the federation's last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski.
Ambassadors and envoys from Russia to Poland–Lithuania in the years 1763–1794 were among the most important characters in the politics of Poland. Their powers went far beyond those of most diplomats and can be compared to those of viceroys [ 1 ] in the colonies of Spanish Empire , or Roman Republic 's proconsuls in Roman provinces .
Thus, one could characterise Poland–Lithuania in its final period (mid-18th century) before the partitions as already in a state of disorder and not a completely sovereign state, and almost as a vassal state, [5] with Polish kings effectively chosen in diplomatic maneuvers between the great powers Prussia, Austria, Russia, and France. [6]
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, [b] formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [c] and also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, [d] [9] [10] was a federative real union [11] between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795.
On April 24 the “Act of Rebellion of the Lithuanian Nation” was announced. The rebels declared their unity with the Kościuszko Uprising, which had begun in Lesser Poland. On the same day, April 24, the so-called High Temporary Council was created, headed by the Mayor of Vilnius, Antoni Tyzenhaus, and Voivode of Novogrudok, Józef ...
Introduction to Kraków of 12 Russian cannons captured in the Battle of Racławice in 1794. Painting by Michał Stachowicz Events from the year 1794 in Poland