The
Russian Partition (sometimes called
Russian Poland) constituted the former territories of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that were invaded by the
Russian Empire in the course of late-18th-century
Partitions of Poland. The Russian acquisition encompassed the largest share of Poland's population, living on 463,200 km
2 (178,800 sq mi) of land constituting formerly east-central territory of a sovereign country. The
first partitioning led by imperial Russia took place in 1772; the
next one in 1793, and the
final one in 1795, resulting in Poland's elimination for the next 123 years.