File talk:Rzeczpospolita Rozbiory 1.png

This image as it appears currently suggests that Russia took no territory in the First Partition. It seems that one line, denoting the border between Poland-Lithuania and Russia before 1772, was omitted.

Except for this small error, I love this map. But if I may offer an opinion about the colour scheme on all three maps of the Partitions, would it not be more logical and clearer to mark Russia's shares in various shades of red? Balcer 19:34, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Indeed, I forgot about the line. I'll try to correct that ASAP.

As to the colour scheme - I had a huge problem and even asked for comments on WikiProject Maps, but unfortunately nobody seemed to care. So, all in all, I chose the colour scheme used by the Polish PWPW history atlas I have at home (the same colours are used by the PWN encyclopedia and by the Encyklopedia Szkolna: Historia. I think this solution is slightly better than the (quite obvious) red Russia since with the third partition the Russian share would have to become pants-pinkish, and I personally hate that colour :)

Finally, I'm glad you liked the map, I think I'll use it for some more articles. I could even be used for WWI Eastern Front and the Polish-Bolshevik War. If time permits... Halibutt 07:16, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Further improvement needed

The image needs further improvement, because the borders of the surrounding countries do not represent correctly the situation in 1772. Specifically:

• Silesia at the time belonged to Prussia, whereas the map shows it belonging to Austria.
• Sweden no longer had Estonia.
• Denmark no longer had the island off the coast of Estonia.
• The Ottoman Empire did not control Hungary.

Balcer 01:02, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

DONE --Tomekpe 20:17, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Some naming inconsistencies based on ownership at the time:

• Lębork - Lauenburg
• Bytów - Bütow
• Drahim - Draheim (I believe)
• Jansbork - Johannisburg
• Królewiec - Königsberg
• Smoleńsk - Smolensk
• Parnawa - Pernau (based on usage of Dorpat and Wenden)
• Ryga - Riga
• Munkacs - Munkács
• Kijów - Kiev
• Czernichów - Chernigov

-Olessi 19:41, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Sources of the cosmetic changes of today 2016, may 6

Iaroslav Lebedynsky, Les Cosaques, Une société guerrière entre libertés et pouvoirs - Ukraine - 1490-1790, Paris, Errance, « Civilisations et cultures », 2004. (ISBN 2 87772-272-4) Rowell, S.C. Lithuania Ascending a pagan empire within east-central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994 Vincentius Kadlubko, Scriptores Historiae Polonae, Bibliothecae Heilsbergensis, pag.14, sau http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10635844_00005.html Victor Spinei, ‘‘The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth century’’ Koninklijke Brill 2009, p.131 Constantin C. Giurescu, Târguri sau orașe și cetăți moldovene: din secolul al X-lea până la mijlocul secolului al XVI-lea, Editura Enciclopedică, Bucharest 1997 Mihnea Berindei, ‘‘La Porte ottomane face aux Cosaques Zaporogues’’, Harvard Ukrainian Studies, I, n°3, septembre 1977, pp.273-307.