Демаркация границы первого раздела Речи Посполитой с Российской империей в 1775 году

EN1. The new border between the Russian Empire and the Commonwealth in 1775 was designated and fixed on the ground after the official ratification of the demarcation. However, in the documents there are no protocols of land surveyors with descriptions of marks on the borders of estates and administrative units. This is a flagrant violation by the parties of the legality of their actions. 2. All the settlements, which were disputed in the process of demarcating the Republic as controversial, were ceded to the Russian Empire by 1781. This circumstance invalidates the delimitation of the border carried out in 1774-1775. 3. In the course of delimitation, the parties did not designate the old border between the states, and a new border was created contrary to the existing territorial-administrative division of the Great Duchy of Lithuania. Therefore, the appeal of authorized commissioners to the ancient demarcation of the Great Duchy of Lithuania’s boundaries in the 16th century looks absurd. Such an appeal to the historical tradition is most likely evidence of deliberately delaying the cause in order to receive bribes.