Battle of Starokostiantyniv

Battle of Starokostiantyniv
Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
DateJuly 26–28, 1648
LocationStarokostiantyniv, Ukraine
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

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.

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