Battle of Monastyryshche

Battle of Monastyryshche
Part of the Khmelnytskyi Uprising

Polish–Lithuanian cavalry attacking the Cossacks during the battle. Painting by Henryk Pillati in 1857
Date20–21 March 1653
Location
Result Cossack victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth border=no Cossack Hetmanate
Commanders and leaders
Stefan Czarniecki (WIA) border=no Ivan Bohun
border=no Ivan Hrozdenko 
Strength
8,000–15,000[1][2] 400–1,000[3]
Inside of the town:
70,000 peasants[1]
Casualties and losses
1,000–6,000+ killed and wounded[4][better source needed] Unknown[4]

The Battle of Monastyryshche[a] happened in March 1653 during the Khmelnytskyi Uprising. The Ukrainian Cossack peasant army defeated the Polish–Lithuanian army near the town of Monastyryshche,[5] in the Uman Regiment of the Cossack Hetmanate.

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  5. ^ "Monastyryshche". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 2001. (originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).


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Battle of Monastyryshche

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