Battle of Kostiantyniv

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

Polish–Lithuanian victory[1]

Territorial
changes
Polish–Lithuanian army were forced to retreat and the Cossacks captured the town, continuing campaign to the Podolia and Volhynia
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.