Battle of Starokostiantyniv

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (January 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Battle of Starokostiantyniv
Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
Date July 26–28, 1648 Location Starokostiantyniv, 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: Старок��стянтинів, 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.

References[]

• Władysław Andrzej Serczyk: Na płonącej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648-1651. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1998. ISBN 83-05-12969-1.
• Jerzy Bordziłowski (red.): Mała encyklopedia wojskowa. T.1. Warszawa: MON, 1967
• Romuald Romański: Wojny kozackie. Warszawa: Bellona, 2005. ISBN 83-11-10174-4
• Romuald Romański: Książę Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. Warszawa: Bellona, 2011. ISBN 978-83-11-11524-8
• Zbigniew Wójcik: Dzikie Pola w ogniu. O Kozaczyźnie w dawnej Rzeczypospolitej. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1971.