Batih massacre

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Massacre of Polish capitives after the battle of Batoh 1652.

The Batih massacre (Polish: Rzeź polskich jeńców pod Batohem) also known as the Sarmatian Katyń[1] was a mass execution of Polish capitives carried out by Cossacks and Tatars on the order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky after the Battle of Batih on 3–4 June 1652.[2]

Around 3,500[3]-8,000[4] Polish elite soldiers and officers have been massacred. The number of survivors of the pogrom is estimated to be around 1500-2000.[5]

Among the most notable victims were: Crown Great Quartermaster Samuel Kalinowski the son of Hetman Marcin Kalinowski, General of the Artillery Zygmunt Przyjemski, Castelan of Czernihów Jan Odrzywolski and magnate Marek Sobieski, brother of later King Jan III Sobieski.

Bibliography

  • Wojciech Jacek Długołęcki: Batoh 1652. Warszawa: Bellona, 2008, seria: HB. ISBN 83-11-08402-5.
  • Tomasz Ciesielski: Od Batohu do Żwańca. Wojna na Ukrainie i w księstwach naddunajskich 1652-1653. Warszawa: „Inforteditions”, 2008. ISBN 978-83-89943-23-1.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.kresy.pl/kresopedia,historia,rzeczpospolita?zobacz/batoh-sarmacki-katyn
  2. ↑ Hrushevsky, M., 2004, History of Ukraine-Rus, Volume Nine, Book One, The Cossack Age, 1650-1653, Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, ISBN 1895571227, p. 477
  3. ↑ http://www.kuriergalicyjski.com/index.php/2012-02-03-12-29-43/irp/694-bitwa-pod-batohem?showall=&limitstart=
  4. ↑ http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/rzez_polskich_jencow_pod_batohem.html
  5. ↑ http://www.kuriergalicyjski.com/index.php/2012-02-03-12-29-43/irp/694-bitwa-pod-batohem?showall=&limitstart=

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