Battle of Zboriv (1649) 1649
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1649 | 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 | 49.6950, 25.1344 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Zboriv (Ukrainian: Битва під Зборовом, Polish: Bitwa pod Zborowem; 15–16 August 1649) was a significant battle fought as part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, in which the Cossack Hetmanate and Crimean Khanate defeated the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Occurring near the city of Zboriv on the Strypa River in Ukraine, forces of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and Crimean Tatars under the command of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky attacked and Crown's forces under the command of the Polish King John II Casimir.
The Polish King John II Casimir and the main Crown Army left Warsaw on 23 June 1649 and had made it to Toporiv in the final days of July 1649 when Mikołaj Skrzetuski informed the Polish King John II Casimir of the desperate situation at Zbarazh. The Polish King John II Casimir made it to within a half-mile of Zboriv on 13 August 1649.
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