The Bar Confederation was an association of Polish nobles formed at the fortress of Bar in Podolia, in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth again
Casimir Pulaski at Częstochowa. Painting by Józef Chełmoński, 1875. Oil on canvas. National Museum, Warsaw, Poland.
Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł
The standard of the Bar confederates on wall paper
OLD BAR FORTRESS TOWN OF BAR REGION OF VINNYTSIA STATE OF UKRAINE PHOTOGRAPH BY VIKTOR O LEDENYOV 20160509
The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian armies victorious against the Ottoman Empire. Russia's victory brought the Yedisan between the rivers Bug and Dnieper, an
Allegory of Catherine's Victory over the Turks (1772), by Stefano Torelli.
Mustafa III in his royal robes
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment (by Vigilius Eriksen)
Battle of Kagul, Southern Bessarabia, 1770