Battle of Podhajce (1667)

Part of Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671)
Great Turkish War

Polish-Lithuanian cavalry attacking Tatar and Cossack forces

Date	October 6–16, 1667
Location	Podhajce, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 49°16′10″N 25°8′10″E / 49.26944°N 25.13611°E / 49.26944; 25.13611
Result	Polish-Lithuanian victory

Belligerents

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Crimean Khanate

Zaporozhian Cossacks

Commanders and leaders

John III Sobieski

Petro Doroshenko

Adil Giray

Strength

3,000 soldiers
6,000 armed villagers
18 multiple guns

16-20,000 Tatars
15,000 Cossacks
3,000 Janissaries
12 guns

The Battle of Podhajce (October 6–16, 1667) was fought in the town of Podhajce in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (nowadays Pidhaitsi, western Ukraine), and the area surrounding it as part of the Polish-Tartar War and the Great Turkish War. The army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under John III Sobieski, totaling around 9,000 men defeated Tatar and Cossack forces under Petro Doroshenko and Adil Giray, which totaled around 35,000 men.

On January 31, 1667 the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia signed the Treaty of Andrusovo. Russia gained the control of Left-bank Ukraine, while the commonwealth maintained the rule of Right-bank Ukraine, which would be defended by Polish-Lithuanian and Russian forces. The end of the war gave time to commonwealth armies for reinforcement. At the same period Petro Doroshenko, Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine, in order to establish his rule in Right-bank Ukraine signed a treaty with Sultan Mehmed IV that recognized the Cossack Hetmanate as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.

To further increase his military strength Doroshenko allied with Adil Giray, the khan of the Crimean Khanate. After gathering 15,000 Cossacks, about 18,000 Tatars, and 3,000 Janissaries sent by the Ottoman Empire to support the Cossacks, Doroshenko attacked the area of Podhajce in western Ukraine. Polish-Lithuanian forces under John III Sobieski, made up mostly of armed villagers, orthodox Galician Ruthenians who remained loyal to Polish kings since the beginning of Chmelnitsky's uprising, encamped themselves on the southern part of Podhajce in order to gain a strategic advantage against the army of Doroshenko. On October 4, 1667 the Cossack-Tatar forces, supported by Jannisaries arrived in Podhajce.

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