Battle of Iași (1653)
| Battle of Iași | |||||||
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| Part of the Moldavian campaign during the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
Tymofiy Khmelnytsky | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Wallachia Moldavia |
Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Gheorghe Ștefan John Kemény | Tymofiy Khmelnytsky | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10,000–20,000 6 department |
13,000 11 department | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Unknown | ||||||
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The Battle of Iași took place on May 1, 1653, during Moldavian campaign of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky. In April 1653, the Cossack-Tatar corps led by Tymofiy Khmelnytsky entered the territory of Moldova to return the lost throne of the principality to his father-in-law Vasile Lupu.