Commonwealth reduced to Russian satellite status
- When
- 1767–1768
- Where
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Following the deposition of Stanislaus I, the Commonwealth declined into a Russian satellite whose monarchs and internal politics the tsar effectively controlled.
After the deposition of the Swedish client king Stanislaus I, the early 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth declined from the status of a major European power to that of a Russian satellite state. The Russian tsar effectively chose Polish–Lithuanian monarchs during the "free" elections and decided the direction of much of Poland–Lithuania's internal politics, as demonstrated during the Repnin Sejm (1767–1768), named after the Russian ambassador who unofficially presided over the proceedings.
Sources
- Bar Confederation Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-26
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