Sieges of Pereiaslav
| Siege of Pereiaslav | |||||||
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| Part of Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) and The Ruin | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack hetmanate Crimean Khanate |
Russia Cossack hetmanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Yuri Khmelnitsky |
Prince Vasily Bogdanovich Yakym Somko | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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First siege: Unknown Second siege: 14,000 | 3,519 | ||||||
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The sieges of Pereiaslav in 1661–1662 are episodes of the Ruin and the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667.Yuri Khmelnitsky, the Hetman of Right-Bank Ukraine, who went over to the side of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, twice attempted to take Pereiaslav, which was defended by his uncle, Yakym Somko, who led the Left-Bank opposition to Khmelnitsky, and a garrison of tsarist troops led by Prince Volkonsky-Verigin.