Battle of Kostiantyniv

Battle of Kostiantyniv
Part of the Khmelnytskyi Uprising
Date26–28 July 1648
Location
Result

Polish–Lithuanian victory[1]

Belligerents
Zaporozhian Host Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Maksym Kryvonis
Ivan Hyria [uk]
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski
Władysław Dominik Zasławski
Strength
24,000–34,000 peasants[2]
16,000 cavalry and infantry[2]
30,000–32,000 servants[2]
8,000–10,000 cavalry and infantry[3]
Casualties and losses
10,000–15,000 killed and wounded[2] 400–500 killed and wounded[3]

The Battle of Kostiantyniv (Ukrainian: Битва під Костянтиновим, Polish: Bitwa pod Konstantynowem; 26–28 July 1648) was fought between the Zaporozhian Host and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as a part of the Khmelnytskyi Uprising. Near the site of the present-day town of Starokostiantyniv on the Ikopot [uk] and Sluch Rivers in Ukraine, a forces of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and the Ukrainian peasants under the command of Maksym Kryvonis and Ivan Hyria [uk] attacked the Polish–Lithuanian army under the command of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski and Władysław Dominik Zasławski.

  1. ^ Rogowicz, Marek. "Bitwa pod Konstantynowem, 26–28 lipca 1648 roku" (in Polish).
  2. ^ a b c d Wayback Machine. Valeriy Stepankov, “Battle of Starokostiantyniv 1648”. 24 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b Jan Widacki, “Kniaź Jarema”. Katowice, 1985.