Crimean campaign (1667)
| Crimean campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the Cossack raids, Sirko's campaigns and Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) | |||||||||
Cossack with a head of a Tatar | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Zaporozhian Cossacks | Crimean Khanate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ivan Sirko Ivan Zhdan-Rih |
Adil Giray Shirin Bey Chimasov (POW) Y. Atamesh (POW) A.G Saltan (AWOL) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 2,000–4,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
5,000+ killed 3,500+ captured(Cossack claim) | ||||||||
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1,500 Tatar civilians were captured and 2,000 killed in Kaffa Thousands of Tatar civilians killed in other settlements | |||||||||
The Crimean campaign was a military expedition undertaken by the Zaporozhian Cossacks under Kosh otaman Ivan Sirko in October 1667 against the Crimean Khanate, resulting in a Cossack victory.