Battle of Pyliavtsi
| Battle of Pyliavtsi | |||||||
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| Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
Attack of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and Crimean Tatars on the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Zaporozhian Host Crimean Khanate | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Bohdan Khmelnytsky Tymofiy Khmelnytsky Maksym Kryvonis Ivan Bohun Ivan Sirko Tugay Bey |
Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski Mikołaj Ostroróg Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Janusz Tyszkiewicz Aleksander Koniecpolski | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 84,000 |
30,000 to 80,000 80 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
15,000 to 40,000 All cannons captured | ||||||
The Battle of Pyliavtsi (Ukrainian: Битва під Пилявцями, Polish: Bitwa pod Piławcami; 21–23 September 1648) was the third significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day village of Pyliava in Ukraine, a forces of the Zaporozhian Host and Crimean Khanate under the command of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Otaman Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, Colonel Maksym Kryvonis and Tugay Bey attacked and decisively defeated the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces under the command of Princes Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Noblemans Mikołaj Ostroróg and Aleksander Koniecpolski with Magnate Janusz Tyszkiewicz.