Battle of Starokostiantyniv
The Battle of Starokostiantyniv (Ukrainian: Битва під Старокостянтиновим, Polish: Bitwa pod Konstantynowem; 26–28 July 1648) was fought between the Zaporozhian Host against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as a part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day town of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine, the forces of the Zaporozhian Cossacks under the command of Colonels Maksym Kryvonis and Ivan Hyria attacked and failed to defeat the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces under the command of Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki and Magnate Janusz Tyszkiewicz.
| Battle of Starokostiantyniv | |||||||
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| Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
The Defensive Tower in Starokostiantyniv in the present-day of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Zaporozhian Host | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maksym Kryvonis Ivan Hyria |
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Janusz Tyszkiewicz | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks | 8,000 Polish–Lithuanian hussars, cavalry and infantry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10,000–15,000 killed and wounded | 400–500 killed and wounded | ||||||
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