Historical calendar: 17 June 1793 – the beginning of the Grodzieński Sejm

Historical calendar: the anniversary of the beginning of the session by the last parliament in the past of the First Republic. It was named the Grodno Sejm.

Today, in our calendar, we will look at the circumstances surrounding its connection.

After the betrayal of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski and Hugo Kołłątaj, who declared a transition to the Targowice camp (Kolłątaj had specified a bad opinion that he was not accepted), The Russian troops took over Poland and the power was taken over by the increasing bargaining.

On 23 January 1793, a partition convention between Prussia and Russia was signed in St. Petersburg. In January, Prussian troops entered Gdańsk, Toruń and Wielkopolska. The Continuing Council was resurrected, which, at the command of a fresh Russian ambassador, Jacob Sievers, together with King Stanislaus Augustus, she issued universals calling a fresh dissectional parliament.

The Russian army removed supporters of the Constitution from the Sejm on 3 May, and the nobility's nakedness chose the MPs appointed by the Czarski officers, receiving symbolic bribes instead. For his humble participation in the partition parliament, Stanisław August accepted a gratification of PLN 20,000 and reported to Sievers his readiness to abdicate; however, he was stopped from this step, as according to the Tsaric, this would make it hard to carry out the partition.

The Orc, the alleged Grodzieński Seym, was held under the full control of Sievers, who threatened to confiscate the property of anyone who would vote against his will. The slow decisions of the ambassador MPs, led for Russian money a hulas' lifestyle, and even organized on the day of the diplomat's name a large ball in his honor, in which a banner with inscription was suspended "Vivat Jakob Sievers, which brought peace and government, and freedom to the Polish people".

Surprisingly, the opposition to the Sejm proved highly strong. Many Members refused to confirm the dissection. Despite all this, the Sejm, after fruitless attempts at protest and arrest of resistant deputies, silently agreed to the Emperor of Wielkopolska for Prussia and Ukraine and Belarus for Russia. In addition, he overturned most of the 1788-1792 reforms, restored free election and veto liberal. The truncated country became a Russian protectorate for the return. Tsarist troops were rampant over him, frequently raping and robbing residents.

The Grodzieński Sejm concluded its proceedings on 23 November 1793. 1 of his last decisions was to reduce the Polish army to 15,000 soldiers. Moreover, the army was to share quarters with Russian troops from then on. The units to be reduced were to be straight incorporated into the Prussian and Russian armies.

Many Polish soldiers refused to comply with this order. 1 of them was Brigadier Antoni Madaliński. The same early spring of the following year, erstwhile the deadline for submitting to the decisions of the parliament expired, began the celebrated march south.

Previous entry from our calendar is available Here.