Bar Confederation

The Confederation of Bar (1768-1772) was a Polish nobleman group, which was founded on 29 February 1768 the fortress of Bar in Podolia to the internal and external independence of Poland against Russia and his ambassador in Warsaw, Prince Nikolai Repnine to defend. Author of the Confederacy were, among others, Adam Krasinski, bishop of Kamieniec Podolski, Casimir Pulaski and Michał Krasinski.

Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski at first tried to mediate between the Confederates and Russia; later, he sent soldiers under the leadership of Großhetmans Franciszek Ksawery Branicki and two generals who took the bar. The simultaneously erupting Hajdamakenaufstand let the Confederacy throughout the eastern provinces of Poland and in Lithuania will be popular. The Confederates called for foreign assistance and thus promoted the war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The situation appeared so dangerous that even Frederick the Great of Prussia advised the Empress Catherine II, to negotiate with the Confederacy.

Konföderationstruppen under Ignacy Malczewski, Michał Pac and Prince Karol Radziwill January attracted marauding through the whole country, the Russian troops struck several times and finally sent, the Polish king temporarily, representatives of the major European royal courts. The Council of the Confederation in 1770 moved from Silesia to Hungary, where he began negotiations with France, Austria and the Ottoman Empire, whose purpose was the formation of an anti-Russian league. The French king Charles François Dumouriez sent as commander of the Confederate, but distinguished himself either militarily or politically and do its opinions the Confederates until today a great injustice. He accused the Polish king, when he was finally ready to join the Confederacy, of tyranny and treason, whereupon he joined the Russian party and the Confederacy lost the support of the European powers. The reorganized by Dumouriez Army was the loss of political weight to survive for several years, until lost their mark in 1772.

• Bar Confederation
• Uprising in Poland