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Bar Confederation
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Bar Confederation
The
Bar Confederation
(; 1768–1772) was an association of
Polish
nobles (
szlachta
) formed at the fortress of
Bar
in
Podolia
in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
against
Russian
influence and against King
Stanislaw II Augustus
with Polish reformers, who were attempting to limit the power of the Commonwealth's wealthy
magnates
. The founders of the Bar Confederation included the magnates
Adam Krasinski
, Bishop of
Kamenets
,
Karol Stanislaw Radziwill
,
Casimir Pulaski
,
Moritz Benyowszki
and
Michal Krasinski
. Its creation led to a
civil war
and contributed to the
First Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
. Some historians consider the Bar Confederation the first
Polish uprising
.
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