Battle of Buzhyn (1662)
| Battle of Buzhyn | |||||||
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| Part of Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) and The Ruin | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Russia Cossack Hetmanate |
Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Grigory Romodanovsky Mikhail Priklonsky Vasyl Zolotarenko |
Mehmed IV Giray Selim I Giray Yurii Khmelnytsky | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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4,900 to 8,000 Russians 5,000 Cossacks |
20,000 Crimean Tatars 5,000 Cossacks | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Almost entire army | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Buzhyn was a battle between Russo-Cossack army and army of Khmelintskiy's coalition fought on August 13, 1662, an parts of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) and the Ukrainian Ruin (1657–1687). The army of the Crimean Tatars and the Right-Bank Cossacks of Yurii Khmelnytsky forced to retreat tsarist troops and the Left-Bank Cossacks, stopping their advance into Right-Bank Ukraine.