Battle of Korsuń 1648
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 26 May 1648 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1648 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Ukraine | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Khmelnytsky Uprising | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Crimean Khanate, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Zaporozhian Cossacks | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 49.4361, 31.1703 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Korsuń (Ukrainian: Битва під Корсунем, Корсунська битва, Polish: Bitwa pod Korsuniem, Korsuńska bitwa; 25–26 May 1648) was the second significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in Ukraine, forces of the Zaporozhian Host and Crimean Khanate under the command of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Colonels Mykhailo Krychevsky, Ivan Bohun, Maksym Kryvonis, Martyn Pushkar, Matviy Hladky and Mykhailo Hromyka with Tugay Bey attacked and defeated the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces under the command of Hetmans Mikołaj Potocki and Marcin Kalinowski, capturing both men. As in the Battle of Zhovti Vody in 29 April — 16 May 1648 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces took a defensive position, retreated and were thoroughly routed and destroyed by the forces of the Zaporozhian Host and Crimean Khanate.
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