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Partition Sejm
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Partition Sejm
This article is about the 1773–1775 Sejm. You may also be looking for the 1793
Grodno Sejm
.
The
Partition Sejm
was a
Sejm
lasting from 1773 to 1775 in the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
, convened by its three neighbours (the
Russian Empire
,
Prussia
and
Austria
) in order to legalize their
First Partition of Poland
. During its first days in session, that Sejm was the site of
Tadeusz Rejtan
's famous gesture of protest against Partition. The Sejm also passed other legislation, notably establishing the
Permanent Council
and the
Commission of National Education
.
Cardinal Laws
were confirmed.
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