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.