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Battle of Orsha
Part of the fourth Muscovite–Lithuanian War (1514) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Orsha (Lithuanian: Oršos mūšis), was fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, under the command of Lithuanian Grand Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski; and the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow under Konyushy Ivan Chelyadnin and Kniaz Mikhail Bulgakov-Golitsa. The Battle of Orsha was part of a long series of Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars conducted by Muscovite rulers striving to gather all the former Kievan Rus' lands under their rule.
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Battle of Orsha | |||||||
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Part of Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1512-1522) | |||||||
![]() Battle of Orsha painting attributed to Hans Krell | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland | Grand Duchy of Moscow | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ivan Chelyadnin (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Different estimates:
300 cannons[citation needed] |
Different estimates:
140[citation needed] to 300 cannons | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500[citation needed] |
13,000–40,000 dead and wounded (?) At least 5,000 captured[citation needed] | ||||||
According to Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii by Sigismund von Herberstein, the primary source for information on the battle, the much smaller army of Lithuania–Poland (under 30,000 men) defeated a force of 80,000 Muscovite soldiers, capturing their camp and commander. These numbers and proportions have been disputed by some modern historians.