Battle of Starokostiantyniv

Battle of Starokostiantyniv (Ukrainian: Старокостянтинів, Polish: Starokonstantynów) (July 26-July 28, 1648) was a battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day town of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine, a numerically superior force of Cossacks under the command of Maksym Kryvonis was defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki.

Battle of Starokostiantyniv
Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
DateJuly 26–28, 1648
Location
Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth  Zaporozhian Cossacks
Commanders and leaders
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Maksym Kryvonis
Strength
6,000-8,000 16,000 Cossack
24,000 peasants
Casualties and losses
200-300 10,000-15,000

References

  • Władysław Andrzej Serczyk: Na płonącej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648-1651. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1998. ISBN 83-05-12969-1.
  • Jerzy Bordziłowski (red.): Mała encyklopedia wojskowa. T.1. Warszawa: MON, 1967
  • Romuald Romański: Wojny kozackie. Warszawa: Bellona, 2005. ISBN 83-11-10174-4
  • Romuald Romański: Książę Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. Warszawa: Bellona, 2011. ISBN 978-83-11-11524-8
  • Zbigniew Wójcik: Dzikie Pola w ogniu. O Kozaczyźnie w dawnej Rzeczypospolitej. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1971.

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