Battle of Pyliavtsi
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Battle of Pyliavtsi | |||||||
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Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Zaporozhian Cossack Crimean Tatars |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
Commanders | |||||||
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Tugay Bey |
Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski Mikołaj Ostroróg Aleksander Koniecpolski |
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Strength | |||||||
100,000 and 5,000 Tatars [1] | 80,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
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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 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.
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[edit] Before the battle
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[edit] The battle
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[edit] Aftermath
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[edit] References
- Inline:
- Subtelny, Orest (2000). Ukraine: A History. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-8390-0.
[edit] External links
- Military strategy of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian)
- Ukrainian Television and Radio - Battle of Pyliavtsi
- Zaporizhia National University - Battle of Pyliavtsi