Battle of Kletsk

For the battle during the Great Northern War, see Battle of Kletsk (1706).
Battle of Kletsk
Part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars and Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe

Lithuanian battle against the Tatars from A Description of Sarmatian Europe (1578) by Alexander Guagnini
Date5 August 1506
Location
Kletsk
Result Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Michael Glinski Feth Giray and Burnaş Giray (sons of Khan Meñli I Giray)
Strength
7,000 20,000

The Battle of Kletsk was fought on 5 August 1506 near Kletsk in present-day Belarus between the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army under Michael Glinski, Court Marshal of Lithuania, and the army of the Crimean Khanate under Fetih I Giray and Burnaş I Giray, sons of Meñli I Giray, Khan of Crimea. The battle was the most decisive Lithuanian victory over the Tatars in centuries after the Battle of Blue Waters.


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