Istorija 2017, t. 105, nr. 1

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    Kosakovskių ir Platono Zubovo ryšiai Rusijos intervencijos ir antrojo Abiejų Tautų Respublikos padalijimo kontekste
    [Connections between the Kossakowski brothers and Palton Zubov in the context of russian intervention and the second partition of the Polish–Lithuanian commonwealth]
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    Šmigelskytė-Stukienė, Ramunė
    Istorija : mokslo darbai = History. Vilnius : Lietuvos edukologijos universitetas, 2017, t. 105, nr. 1, p. 24-47
    The article analyses how the connections between the Lithuanian nobles, Bishop of Livonia Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski and Lieutenant-General of the Lithuanian and Russian Armies Szymon Marcin Kossakowski, and Platon Zubov, the favourite of Catherine II of Russia, evolved in the context of the Russian military intervention in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the legitimation of the second partition and how these connections influenced the political processes in Lithuania. With reference to archival sources and the research on the activities of the 1792–1793 Confederation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the article determines how and when the contacts between the Lithuanian nobles and Platon Zubov were first made, what objectives the Kossakowski brothers sought to accomplish by virtue of the system of favouritism practised by the ruler of the Russian Empire and what Zubov aimed for in providing his protection to the Kossakowski family members. The turning point between 1791 and 1792 is considered the beginning of the Kossakowski connections with Platon Zubov, when S.M. Kossakowski gained the protection of Platon Zubov, the new favourite of Catherine II of Russia, by maintaining contacts with Maj. Gen. Vasili Popov, former Adviser of Grigorij Potiomkin and Chief of Staff of the Russian Army, after Potiomkin’s death. The Kossakowski-Zubov connections played an important role in staging the Russian intervention in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and also benefited the Russian foreign policy objectives – to abolish the reforms of the Four-Year Diet and the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and to restore the Russian protectorate over the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. [...]
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