Siege of Zbarazh
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The siege of Zbarazh (Ukrainian: Облога Збаража, Битва під Збаражем, Polish: Oblężenie Zbaraża, Bitwa pod Zbarażem; 10 July — 22 August, 1649) was fought near the site of the present-day city of Zbarazh in Ukraine between the Cossack Hetmanate and Crimean Khanate against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as a part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. The siege lasted for seven weeks.[4]
Siege of Zbarazh | |||||||
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Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
The Zbarazh Castle in the present-day of the Ternopil Oblast in Ukraine | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Danylo Nechay Ivan Bohun (WIA) Kindrat Burliy (WIA) Martyn Nebaba Ivan Chornota † Stanislav Morozenko † İslâm III Giray |
John II Casimir Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Aleksander Koniecpolski Mikołaj Ostroróg Andrzej Firlej Brodowski † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
70,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks[2] 40,000 Crimean Tatars[2] | 10,000–15,000 Polish–Lithuanian infantry and defenders of the castle[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy |
4,000–6,000 killed and wounded[3] 4,000–5,000 captured[3] |
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces was besieged in the Zbarazh Castle until in the aftermath of the Battle of Zboriv on 15–16 August 1649 and the Treaty of Zboriv on 18 August 1649. The Volhynian towns of Zbarazh and Zboriv are neighboring one another roughly.