Siege of Kraków Castle
| Siege of the Kraków Castle | |||||||
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| Part of the war of the Bar Confederation | |||||||
The Castle of Kraków (1847) by Jan Nepomucen Głowacki | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Alexander Suvorov Col. Stackelberg |
Antoine de Vioménil Marquis de Choisy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| About 1,623 | Less than 1,000 | ||||||
The siege of (the) Kraków Castle was a siege during the War of the Bar Confederation in which the Russian army, led by Alexander Suvorov, captured the Polish castle of Kraków. It took place in 1772, lasted from 4 February to 26 AprilN.S..