Polity Congress Poland

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Was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. De facto, it was little more than a puppet state in a personal union with the Russian Empire. The autonomy was severely curtailed following uprisings in 1830-31 as the country became governed by viceroys, and later divided into governorates. Due to this limited autonomy we consider Congress Poland as part of Russia from 1832.

Summary

The Congress of Vienna in 1815 established the Kingdom of Poland, also known as Congress Poland, as a personal union with the Russian Empire. This autonomous Polish state maintained a degree of self-governance but was increasingly dominated by the Russian authorities, leading to the November Uprising in 1830-1831.

Establishment

  • June 1815: Fulda fell to Hanover with the Congress of Vienna.
  • June 1815: In the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Poland was formally partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria.
  • June 1815: Establishment of the free city of Hamburg after the Congress of Vienna.
  • June 1815: After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the territory of Nain went to the Kingdom of Prussia, specifically outside the German Confederation. This decision was made by the European powers to reorganize the political landscape of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars.

Chronology

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1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

1.1. Congress of Vienna

Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.

  • June 1815: Fulda fell to Hanover with the Congress of Vienna.
  • June 1815: In the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Poland was formally partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria.
  • June 1815: Establishment of the free city of Hamburg after the Congress of Vienna.
  • June 1815: After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the territory of Nain went to the Kingdom of Prussia, specifically outside the German Confederation. This decision was made by the European powers to reorganize the political landscape of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars.

2. November Uprising

Was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire.

  • March 1832: The Russian Emperor Nicholas I decreed that henceforth Russian-occupied Poland would lose its autonomy and become an integral part of the Russian Empire. The Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland replaced the personal union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire with the "eternal incorporation" of Poland into Russia.

Disestablishment

  • March 1832: The Russian Emperor Nicholas I decreed that henceforth Russian-occupied Poland would lose its autonomy and become an integral part of the Russian Empire. The Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland replaced the personal union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire with the "eternal incorporation" of Poland into Russia.