1772 First partition of Poland

245 years ago, on August 5, 1772, a convention was signed in St. Petersburg on the partition of Poland (the Commonwealth) between Russia, Prussia and Austria.

Russia received Livonia, the Duchy of Zadvinsk and Belarus up to the Dvina, Drut and Dnieper rivers, including Vitebsk, Polotsk and Mstislavl, - Russia 92 thousand square meters in total. km of territory with a population of 1300 thousand people. Prussia annexed Warmia, Royal Prussia, Pomerania without Gdansk, the provinces of Pomerania, Malborskoe and Chelminskoe without Torun and part of Greater Poland - a total of 36 thousand square meters. km with 580 thousand inhabitants. Austria received part of Silesia, Lesser Poland and the Bielskoye Voivodeship, as well as Galicia without Krakow - 83 thousand square meters. km and 2300 thousand people of the population.

Poland actually ceased to exist as an independent state. Now its foreign and domestic policy was determined by Russia, Austria and Prussia.