Battle of Kalmius
| Battle of Kalmius | |||||||||
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| Part of the Cossack raids and Crimean-Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Zaporozhian Cossacks |
Crimean Khanate Nogai Horde | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Mykhailo Ruzhynsky Jan Orishevsky | İslâm II Giray | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
3,000+ killed Heavy | ||||||||
The Battle of Kalmius was a confrontation between the Zaporozhian Cossacks and Crimean-Nogai Tatars over control of territory in modern-day Donetsk Oblast, in 1585.