Siege of Suceava (1653) 1653
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 21 August 1653 – 9 October 1653 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1653 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Romania | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Khmelnytsky Uprising | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Principality of Moldavia, Principality of Wallachia, Zaporozhian Cossacks | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 47.6514, 26.2556 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The siege of Suceava (Romanian: Asediul Sucevei, Ukrainian: Облога Сучави, Polish: Oblężenie Suczawy; 22 July – 9 October, 1653) was fought between the Principalities of Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Principality of Moldavia and Cossack Hetmanate as a part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
Near the site of the present-day city of Suceava in Romania, a forces of Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of Princes Gheorghe Ștefan, Matei Basarab and John Kemény, Colonels Henryk Dehoff, Jan Kodracki and Sebastian Machowski defeated and held besieged the positions of the Moldavians and Zaporozhian Cossacks under the command of Voivode Vasile Lupu, Otaman Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, who was killed in the battle and Mykola Fedorovych in the Suceava Castle.
The strength of the defending Cossacks and Moldovans did not exceed 7,000, while a detachment of 25,000 to 30,000 acted against them.
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