Siege of Zhvanets

Siege of Zhvanets
Part of the Khmelnytskyi Uprising

Painting of the Zhvanets Fortress by Napoleon Orda in 1876
DateSeptember – 16 December, 1653
Location
Zhvanets, Podolian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Result See § Aftermath
Belligerents
Cossack Hetmanate
Crimean Khanate		 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi
Ivan Bohun
Ivan Sirko
İslâm III Giray		 John II Casimir
Strength
30,000–40,000 Cossacks
20,000 Tatars		 30,000–40,000 cavalry, infantry and servants
20,000 Schwarze Reiters
2,000 Transylvanian mercenaries
1,000 Moldavian mercenaries
Several thousand of the Pospolite Ruszenie
Casualties and losses
Unknown 25,000 killed and wounded
  1. ↑ Majority died due to the strong Cossack–Tatar attacks, starvation and diseases during the siege. Of which were 10,000 Polish–Lithuanian and 15,000 Schwarze Reiters forces

The siege of Zhvanets (Ukrainian: Облога Жванця, Polish: Oblężenie Żwańca; September – 15 December, 1653) was fought between the Cossack Hetmanate, Crimean Khanate and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as a part of the Khmelnytskyi Uprising. Near the site of the present-day village of Zhvanets on the Dniester River in Ukraine, forces of Zaporozhian Cossacks and Crimean Tatars under the command of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, Ivan Bohun and İslâm III Giray besieged a Polish–Lithuanian force under the command of John II Casimir.

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