Battle of Tsarichanka (1709)

Battle of Tsarichanka
Part of Swedish invasion of Russia during the Great Northern War
Date6 April 1709
Location
near Tsarychanka, Cossack Hetmanate (now Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
Result Cossack victory
Belligerents
Zaporozhian Sich Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Kost Hordiyenko Brigadier Kampell
Units involved
Unknown 3 dragoon regiments
Strength
800 men 3,000 men
Casualties and losses
30 killed 100 killed
90–100 captured

The Battle of Tsarichanka was a battle that took place in March 1709 between the Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Kost Hordiyenko and the 3,000-strong Russian unit of brigadier Kampell, during the Swedish campaign in Ukraine as a part of Great Northern War. The Cossacks of Hordiyenko inflicted a defeat on Kampell's unit and forced it to withdraw.

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