Grodno Sejm (Belarusian: Гарадзенскі сойм; Lithuanian: Gardino seimas; Polish: Sejm grodzieński) was the last Sejm (session of parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Grodno Sejm, held in autumn 1793 in Grodno, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (now Grodno, Belarus) is infamous because its deputies, bribed or coerced by the Russian Empire, passed the act of Second Partition of Poland.
Grodno Sejm (Belarusian: Гарадзенскі сойм; Lithuanian: Gardino seimas; Polish: Sejm grodzieński) was the last Sejm (session of parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Grodno Sejm, held in autumn 1793 in Grodno, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (now Grodno, Belarus) is infamous because its deputies, bribed or coerced by the Russian Empire, passed the act of Second Partition of Poland.
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