Battle of Kaniv (1662)

Battle of Kaniv
Part of Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
Date July 26, 1662 Location Kaniv, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Modern day Ukraine) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack hetmanate Crimean Khanate	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Yuri Khmelnitsky	Grigory Romodanovsky Yakim Somko [ru]
Strength
20,000	28,000
Casualties and losses
6,000 cossacks, 2,000 polish soldiers Total: 8,000 dead and 74 captured[1] 117 banners	200-300 soldiers[2]

Battle of Kaniv (Russian: Каневское сражение, romanized: Kanevskoe srazhenie), was a battle during the summer campaign in the left-wing Ukraine of Yuri Khmelnitsky, between the Cossack-Polish troops and the Russian-Cossack army led by Yakim Somko and Grigory Romodanovsky. The battle ended with a crushing defeat for Yuri Khmelnitsky and the hetman's retreat to right-bank Ukraine.