Battle of Sevsk
| Battle of Sevsk | |||||||
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| Part of the Left-Bank Uprising, Cossack raids into Russia and the Russo-Crimean Wars | |||||||
1839 map of the Sevsk fortress | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Muratsha-Murza Ivan Bugay (POW) |
Grigory Kurakhin P.A. Dolgorukov M.S. Volynskiy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 to 17,000 men | 23,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Over 3,000 casualties Many captured | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Sevsk was a battle that took place on 3–5 July 1668 near the Russian city of Sevsk. A 23,000-strong Russian unit of Grigory Kurakhin lifted the siege of Hlukhiv and withdraw to the Russian territory, knowing about the invasion of a major Tatar-Cossack force, which was previously sent by Doroshenko to divert the Russian troops from Ukraine. His force decisively defeated the raiders, which later became one of the reasons of Doroshenko's withdrawal from Left bank.