Text taken from the Telegram channel of padikovo
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] A date that is relevant today. On November 9, 1794, Russian troops under the command of Suvorov stormed Warsaw.
The historic retaliation for the Polish garrison in the Kremlin during the Time of Troubles arrived.
THE CAPTURE OF WARSAW BY SUVOROV
A brief overview of the events leading up to the defeat of the Polish uprising. After the French Revolution of 1789, supporters of reforms in the interests of the bourgeoisie emerged in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. A conflict akin to civil war arose between them and the conservatives. As often happens in such situations, one of the parties to the conflict (the conservatives) appealed to outside powers for help in resolving the internal dispute: Russia and Prussia agreed to assist. In 1792, following the military detachments of Polish conservatives, Russian and Prussian troops entered Poland. On September 23, 1793, the Polish Sejm approved the Second Partition of Poland.
Russia annexed lands "anciently belonging to Russia" with Orthodox populations: the Minsk, Kiev, Vinnytsia, and Cherkasy regions.
Prussia received Danzig. The Polish Crown Forces were reduced to 15,000 men, and Russian troops were stationed in Warsaw and several other cities to maintain peace. In March 1794, a Polish uprising led by Kościuszko began in Krakow (then part of Prussia).
On April 17, 1794, Poles attacked unarmed Russian soldiers participating in an Easter service in Warsaw. During the massacre, 2,265 people were killed, 122 wounded, and 1,764 captured. Catherine II's reaction was predictable.
Command of the suppression of the uprising was entrusted to Field Marshal P. A. Rumyantsev. A specially formed Russian corps under the command of A. V. Suvorov fought from Brest to Warsaw in September and October 1794.
On November 4, 1794, the Warsaw suburb of Praga was stormed. The remaining Polish insurgents laid down their arms and dispersed.
On November 9, on the banks of the Vistula, the Warsaw magistrate presented A. V. Suvorov with bread and salt, the keys to the city, and a gold and diamond snuffbox inscribed, "Warsaw to its savior."
Bismarck's words come to mind: "Form alliances with whomever you like, start any war, but never touch the Russians."
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Suvorov was promoted to field marshal following the Polish campaign of 1794.