Battle of Pyliavtsi

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Pyliavtsi
partof=the Khmelnytsky Uprising


caption=
date=September 23, 1648
place=Pyliava, Ukraine
result=Cossack-Tatar victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Tugay Bey
commander2=Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski
Mikołaj Ostroróg
Aleksander Koniecpolski
strength1= 100,000 and 5,000 Tatars [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pagesCOCossack6PolishWar.htm Cossack-Polish War (1648–57)] at [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/ Encyclopedia of Ukraine] ]
strength2= 80,000
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=Unknown

Battle of Pyliavtsi ( _uk. Пилявцi; _pl. 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.

Before the battle

The battle

Aftermath

References

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External links

* [http://warhistory.ukrlife.org/2_02_5.htm Military strategy of Bohdan Khmelnytsky] uk icon
* [http://www.utr.tv/article/?id=66&print=1 Ukrainian Television and Radio] - Battle of Pyliavtsi
* [http://www.zsu.zp.ua/euk/articles/2_56.htm Zaporizhia National University] - Battle of Pyliavtsi