Russia captures the fortress of Bar on …
Years: 1768 - 1768
June
Russia captures the fortress of Bar on the 20th of June 1768 and the majority of the surviving confederates flee over the Turkish border.
It is easy for Repnin to suppress the revolts but he can barely keep up as they spread across the country, and Polish revolts will dog Russia throughout the war and make it impossible for Catherine II to keep control of Poland.
It is easy for Repnin to suppress the revolts but he can barely keep up as they spread across the country, and Polish revolts will dog Russia throughout the war and make it impossible for Catherine II to keep control of Poland.
Locations
People
- Adam Krasiński
- Casimir Pulaski
- Catherine the Great
- Michał Hieronim Krasiński
- Nicholas Repnin
- Stanisław August Poniatowski
Groups
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Ottoman Empire
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Two Nations)
- Russian Empire
- Bar Confederation
