[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Partitioning of Poland

[Jack Milner]

History revisited (condensed version)

Volhynia had been a feudal province with a Polish aristocracy and 
Ukrainian serfs, ruled by Poland until the late 18th century, when 
Poland was partitioned by the Prussian, Austrian, and Russian empires. 
Prussia, Russia, and Austria had already annexed parts of Poland in 1772 
and 1793. During the third partition in 1795, Poland's last remaining 
territory was occupied by the three partitioning powers, which resulted 
in the disappearance of Poland from the European map.

Jack Milner


Günther Böhm wrote:

>Nelson Itterman wrote:
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>>>Hello Gary:
>>>I do not want to confuse the issue, but was Volhynia not divided into a
>>>Polish Volhynia and a Russian Volhynia? Or am I mixed up too? Seems to me
>>>that the Tzar and Fredrick from Prussia divided Poland between themselves. 
>>>Nelson
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>Nelson,
>after the first partition of Poland in 1772 - the only one in the 
>lifetime of Frederick II. - Volhynia still belonged to Poland, i.e. the 
>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth which in fact was a protectorate of the 
>Russian Empire and object of its armed extortions. The second partition 
>of 1793 divided Volhynia a bit east of Równe into a Polish and a Russian 
>section. The Prussian king at that time was Frederick William II., a 
>nephew of Frederick II.
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>Günther
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