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As a direct consequence of the three partitions of the Republic in 1772, 1793, and 1795, both the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania have been erased from the political map of Europe by the three European great powers – [[Russia]], the [[Habsburg Monarchy]], and [[Prussia]].

As a direct consequence of the three partitions of the Republic in 1772, 1793, and 1795, both the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania have been erased from the political map of Europe by the three European great powers – [[Russia]], the [[Habsburg Monarchy]], and [[Prussia]].

The three great European powers resolved the Polish-Lithuanian question in [[East Europe]] at the end of the 18th century. Such a solution was alive in practice until the end of [[World War I]]. In the interwar period, both Poland and Lithuania existed as separate [[nation state|national states]] quarreling over the [[Vilnius]] region. However, in 1939 the Fourth Partition of Poland occurred ([[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]]) in which four of Poland’s neighbors took participation: [[Germany]], [[USSR]], [[Slovakia]], and Lithuania.

The three great European powers resolved the Polish-Lithuanian question in [[Eastern Europe]] at the end of the 18th century. Such a solution was alive in practice until the end of [[World War I]]. In the interwar period, both Poland and Lithuania existed as separate [[nation state|national states]] quarreling over the [[Vilnius]] region. However, in 1939 the Fourth Partition of Poland occurred ([[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]]) in which four of Poland’s neighbors took participation: [[Germany]], [[USSR]], [[Slovakia]], and Lithuania.

==Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth==

==Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth==