Chyhyryn campaign (1676)
| Chyhyryn campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo-Turkish War (1672–1681) and The Ruin (Ukrainian history) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Right-bank Hetmanate |
Russia Left-bank Hetmanate Zaporozhian Sich | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Petro Doroshenko |
Grigory Romodanovsky Patrick Gordon Ivan Samoilovich Ivan Sirko | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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200 serdiuks 59 cannons | 50,000 | ||||||||
The Chyhyryn campaign was a military expedition launched by the Russian-led army in September 1676, in order to oust Petro Doroshenko from power. The campaign ended in a Doroshenko's surrender and became a pretext for the Chyhyryn campaigns of 1677 and 1678.