Battle of Pyliavtsi

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Battle of Pyliavtsi
Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
Date September 23, 1648 Location Pyliava, Ukraine Result Cossack-Tatar victory
Belligerents
Zaporozhian Cossack Crimean Tatars	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Tugay Bey	Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski Mikołaj Ostroróg Aleksander Koniecpolski
Strength
100,000 and 5,000 Tatars [1]	80,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

v • d • e Khmelnytsky Uprising Zhovti Vody – Korsun – Starokostiantyniv – Loyov – Pyliavtsi – Zbarazh – Zboriv – Kopychyntsi – Beresteczko – Bila Tserkva - Batoh

Battle of Pyliavtsi (Ukrainian: Пилявцi; Polish: Piławce); September 23, 1648) was the third significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day village of Pyliava in south-central Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces met a numerically superior force of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars under the command of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Tugay Bey. The Commonwealth forces were dealt a third consecutive defeat.

Contents 1 Before the battle 2 The battle 3 Aftermath 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Before the battle

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[edit] The battle

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[edit] Aftermath

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