Battle of Starokostiantyniv | |||||||
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Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Zaporozhian Cossacks | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki | Maksym Kryvonis | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,000-8,000 | 16,000 Cossack 24,000 peasants |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
200-300 | 10,000-15,000 |
Battle of Starokostiantyniv (Ukrainian: Старокостянтинів, Polish: Starokonstantynów) (July 26-July 28, 1648) was a battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day town of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine, a numerically superior force of Cossacks under the command of Maksym Kryvonis was defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki.