Polish nobles signed the confederation's articles on 29 February 1768 at the fortress of Bar in Podolia, founding an association to defend the Commonwealth's independence.

The Bar Confederation (Konfederacja barska) was an association of Polish nobles (szlachta) formed at the fortress of Bar in Podolia, in present-day Ukraine. Its articles were signed on 29 February 1768. The confederation was created to defend the internal and external independence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against Russian political influence and against King Stanislaus II Augustus and Polish reformers who were attempting to limit the power of the Commonwealth's wealthy magnates. The confederation endured from 1768 to 1772.

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