XVIII amžiaus studijos / The Eighteenth Century Studies

The article discusses the circumstances of the activity of the split Vilnius Tribunal Dietine (Sejmik) held on February 3-7, 1794. The available set of documents of one session of the Vilnius Dietine (resolutions, summary of voting results, protests and a detailed diary of the Dietine) made it possible to reveal the vicissitudes of the elections for the position of clerk of the Supreme Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, deputies and commissioners of the Vilnius Voivodeship Civil-Military Order Commission. The aspirations of the Kosakowski’s group to realize control of the Supreme Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania through elected officials were felt in the session of the Tribunal Dietine, held in the context of an obvious political confrontation on the eve of the uprising of 1794.