Battle of Okhmativ (1655)

Battle of Okhmativ (1655)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Okhmativ
partof= Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
date=January 19 - January 22 1655
place=Okhmativ, modern Cherkasy Oblast
result=Draw
combatant1=Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Crimean Khanate
combatant2=Ukrainian Cossacks
Russian Tsardom
commander1=Stanisław Potocki
Mehmed IV Giray
commander2=Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Vasily Sheremetev
strength1=60,000
strength2=90,000
casualties1=
casualties2=

Battle of Okhmativ or battle of Ochmatów ( _ru. Битва под Ахматовом, _uk. Охматівська битва, _pl. Bitwa pod Ochmatowem) took place around 19 January - 22 January 1655 during the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (and their Tatar allies) and the Russian Empire allied Cossaks near Okhmativ. The Russo-Ukrainian forces were besieged in Okhmativ without success until reinforcements came to their help and the Polish-Lithuanian army retreated. The Crimean Tatars started to pillage neighbouring Ukrainian villages.

Further reading

* Історія Української РСР. Т.2, Київ, 1979. стор.78-79.
* * Малов А. В. Русско-польская война 1654—1667 гг. М.: Цейхгауз, 2006 г. ISBN 5-94038-111-1


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