Battle of Polonka
| Battle of Polonka | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) | |||||||
Attack of the Hussars, by Aleksander Orłowski | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Stefan Czarniecki Paweł Jan Sapieha | Ivan Khovansky | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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9,000 Lithuanians 4,000 Poles 2 cannons: 186 | 8,000–9,000 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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300 killed unknown number of wounded |
3,500 killed and wounded 700 captured | ||||||
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The Battle of Polonka (Połonka, Palonka) took place near Polonka (Połonka in Polish, Palonka in Belarusian, in modern Belarus) during the Polish-Russian War (1658-1667) on 29 June 1660 between Polish-Lithuanian and Russian forces. Polish-Lithuanian army under Stefan Czarniecki and Paweł Jan Sapieha forced a Russian retreat through a carefully planned Polish hussar ambush and several tactically effective flanking maneuvers.: 186 The Russian defeat also meant they had to abandon the Siege of Lyakhavichy (Lachowicze).