Hello, Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) reported that the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America will be holding its 68th Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 4-5, 2010. The program schedule looks outstanding and can be viewed here: Schedule. The conference will cover topics from Polonia to Poland, both past and […]

Administrative Districts of Prussian Poland Kingdom of Prussia after the Second Partition of Poland (1793-1794) During the years of 1788-1792, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth congress held what is commonly referred to as the Four-Year Sejm. The congress would meet to reform the commonwealth and its laws. The King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanisław Poniatowski, supported the political […]

Administrative Districts of Prussian PolandKingdom of Prussia after the First Partition of Poland (1773-1792) Due to the deteriorating  political and military functions within the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth, along with other factors, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire, and the Austrian Empire divided portions of Poland. On August 5, 1772, an agreement was met between the […]

The Third Partition of Poland (1795)     An uprising occurred throughout Poland in 1794. General Tadeusz Kosciuszko led the uprising, which included other notable leaders. The uprising had some initial success, but Poland ultimately lost the war against Prussia and Russia. In 1795, the remainder of Poland was divided by Austria, Prussia, and Russia (See […]

The Second Partition of Poland (1793)     The second partition of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth happened after the Russian military invaded the lands of the Ukraine. Prussia invaded from the west and solidified the defeat of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1793, after the defeat of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the victorious Prussian and Russian armies gained more […]

The First Partition of Poland (1772)     The first partition of Poland occurred in 1772, after Frederick of Prussia presented a plan to Catherine of Russia to divide portions of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth into three sections for Prussia, Austria, and Russia. First, the plan was accepted by Catherine of Russia, then by Maria Theresa of […]

 The Partitions of Poland, Part One by, Al Wierzba Introduction     The partition of a once powerful commonwealth in Eastern Europe occurred, not only due to external forces, but also due to the internal freedoms that were allowed within their democratic structure. The Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth was thoroughly and completely removed from the map of Europe […]

Hello, I would like to share a paper that I had written for a Western Civilization class that I had taken earlier this year. The paper is titled The Partitions of Poland. I have made some minimal alterations to the paper, but overall the core of the paper remains the same. I will post the […]