Battle of Chudnov
1660 battle during Russo-Polish War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Chudnov (Chudniv, Cudnów) took place from 14 October[citation needed] to 2 November 1660, between the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, allied with the Crimean Tatars, and the Tsardom of Russia, allied with the Cossacks. It ended with a decisive Polish victory, and the truce of Chudnov (Polish: Cudnów). The entire Russian army, including its commander, was taken into jasyr slavery by the Tatars. The battle was the largest and most important Polish victory over the Russian forces until the battle of Warsaw in 1920.[3]
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Battle of Chudnov (Cudnów) | |||||||
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Part of Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) | |||||||
Polish troops besiege the camp of the Russian forces led by Vasily Sheremetev and Tymish Tsetsura. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate |
Russian Tsardom Cossack Hetmanate | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Stanisław Potocki (Polish side) Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski (Polish side) Safer Giray (Crimean side) |
Vasily Sheremetev (Russian side) Tymish Tsetsura (Ukrainian side) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
28,000 Poles with 20 artillery pieces [a][1] 12,000 Tatars[1] |
15,000 Russians with 48 artillery pieces[1] 15,000 Cossacks with several artillery pieces (under Tsetsura; not counting 20,000 under Khmelnytsky)[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Poles: 2,700 dead, 2,500 wounded[2] Tatars: 400 dead, 600 wounded |
Russians: 2,300 dead, 2,000 wounded, 12,500 captive and all artillery Cossacks: 1,900 dead, 2,000 wounded, 8,000 |
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