The Danubian Principalities in the Politics of Russia and Prussia at the Time of the Turkish War and the First Partition of the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth (1768–1774). An Attempt at Reinterpretation

Abstract

Abstract. The article focuses on the issue of Danubian Principalities in the negotiations between Russia, Prussia, Austria and Poland-Lithuania during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) as well as in the preparations for the first partition of the Commonwealth. The text answers the question why the partitioning powers did not hand over Moldavia and Wallachia to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as compensation for the partition. The study shows how the main actors in the negotiations used the issue of Moldavia and Wallachia. It shows that none of the parties treated this issue as a really important factor.