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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