War in Defense of the Constitution

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War in Defense of the Constitution is the alternative name for the 1792 Polish–Russian War, fought over the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s attempt to implement the progressive Constitution of 3 May 1791 against Russian-backed opposition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wojna w obronie Konstytucji 3 maja ⓘ
alternativeName Polish–Russian War (1792) ⓘ
surface form: 1792 Polish–Russian War

War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
surface form: War in Defence of the Constitution
belligerent Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army ⓘ
surface form: Army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
chronology prelude to the Kościuszko Uprising ⓘ
commander Mikhail Kakhovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prince Józef Poniatowski ⓘ
Stanisław II Augustus Poniatowski ⓘ
surface form: Stanisław August Poniatowski

Tadeusz Kościuszko ⓘ
conflictBetween Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
countryInvolved Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
endTime 1792 ⓘ
followedBy Kościuszko Uprising ⓘ
Second Partition of Poland ⓘ
hasCause Russian-backed opposition to the Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
implementation of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Boruszkowce ⓘ
Battle of Dubienka ⓘ
Battle of Mir ⓘ
Battle of Zieleńce ⓘ
historicalRegion Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
languageOfName Polish ⓘ
location Eastern Europe ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
opponent Targowica Confederation ⓘ
opposedReform abolition of liberum veto ⓘ
improvement of rights for burghers ⓘ
partial reforms of the status of peasants ⓘ
strengthening of central government in the Commonwealth ⓘ
partOf history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
politicalContext Polish reform movement of the Four-Year Sejm ⓘ
precededBy First Partition of Poland ⓘ
relatedTo Polish–Lithuanian Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 3 May 1791
result Polish–Lithuanian defeat ⓘ
Second Partition of Poland ⓘ
significance defense of a progressive constitutional reform in Europe ⓘ
startTime 1792 ⓘ
supportedBy Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Polish–Russian War (1792) → alsoKnownAs → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
Polish–Russian War (1792) → alsoKnownAs → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: War in Defence of the Constitution
Kościuszko Uprising → precededBy → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
VIRTUTI MILITARI → conflictOfEstablishment → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Virtuti Militari
Order of Virtuti Militari → inceptionEvent → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
Order of Virtuti Militari → conflictAssociated → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
War in Defense of the Constitution → alternativeName → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: War in Defence of the Constitution
War of 1792 → hasAlias → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
War of 1792 → hasAlias → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: War in Defence of the Constitution
Battle of Zieleńce → relatedTo → War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ