Battle of Pyliavtsi

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Battle of Pyliavtsi
Part of Khmelnytsky Uprising 1648-1654
Date September 23, 1648 Location Pyliava, Ukraine Result Cossack-Tatar victory
Combatants
Zaporozhian Cossack Army and the Crimean Tatars	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Tuhaj Bej	Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski, Mikołaj Ostroróg, Aleksander Koniecpolski
Strength
80,000 [1]	40,000[1]
Casualties
unknown	heavy

Khmelnytsky Uprising
Zhovti Vody – Korsun – Pyliavtsi – Zbaraż – Zboriv – Beresteczko – Batoh – Kiev

Battle of Pyliavtsi (Ukrainian: Пилявцi; Polish: Piławce); September 23, 1648) was the third significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day village of Pyliava in present-day south-central Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces met a numerically superior force of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars under the command of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Tugay Bey. The Commonwealth forces were dealt a third consecutive defeat.

Contents 1 Before the battle 2 The battle 3 Aftermath 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Before the battle

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