Private company
Kompania Handlowa Polska
Polish Trade Company (Polish: Kompania Handlowa Polska), also known as Black Sea Trade Company (Polish: Kompania Handlu Czarnomorskiego), Black Sea Company (Polish: Kompania Czarnomorska), and Kherson Company (Polish: Kompania Chersońska) was a Joint-stock company which existed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1783–1793. It controlled international trade of the Commonwealth via the Black Sea ports.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Polish Trade Company (Polish: Kompania Handlowa Polska), also known as Black Sea Trade Company (Polish: Kompania Handlu Czarnomorskiego), Black Sea Company (Polish: Kompania Czarnomorska), and Kherson Company (Polish: Kompania Chersońska) was a Joint-stock company which existed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1783–1793. It controlled international trade of the Commonwealth via the Black Sea ports.2
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsKompania Handlowa Polska photo by Josef Grassi, Public domain