War of the Bar Confederation

War of the Bar Confederation
The Bar Confederates pray before the Battle of Lanckorona. Painting by Artur Grottger.
Date 1768–1772 Location Poland Result Russian victory: First Partition of Poland
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Bar Confederation  Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Suvorov Ivan Karpovich Elmpt	Karol Radziwiłł Casimir Pulaski Michał Jan Pac Count Beniowski Charles François Dumouriez
Strength
Lanckorona: 4,000 troops	Lanckorona: 1,300 troops; 18 cannons Total: 100,000
Casualties and losses
unknown	heavy

Russian victory:

The Bar Confederation (Polish: Konfederacja barska; 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 Stanisław 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 Krasiński, Bishop of Kamenets, Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, Casimir Pulaski, Moritz Benyowszki and Michał Krasiński. 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.

Around the middle of the 18th century the balance of power in Europe shifted, with Russian victories against the Ottomans in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) strengthening Russia and endangering Habsburg interests in that region (particularly in Moldavia and Wallachia). At that point Habsburg Austria started to consider waging a war against Russia.

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