Khmelnytsky's campaign of 1648
| Khmelnytsky's campaign of 1648 | |||||||||
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| Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||||
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument, Kyiv | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Zaporozhian Host Crimean Khanate | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Bohdan Khmelnytsky Tymofiy Khmelnytsky Maksym Kryvonis # Ivan Bohun Ivan Sirko Mykhailo Krychevsky Martyn Pushkar Filon Dzhelaliy Petro Holovatskyi Ivan Hyria Oleksandr Kryvonosenko Matviy Hladky Mykhailo Hromyka John Sokolovskiy (WIA) Tugay Bey |
Władysław IV Vasa # Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Janusz Łohojski Władysław Zasławski Mikołaj Ostroróg Aleksander Koniecpolski Stefan Potocki (POW) # Mikołaj Potocki (POW) Stefan Czarniecki (POW) Marcin Kalinowski (POW) Stanisław Krzyczewski (D) Andrzej Potocki Stefan Lew † | ||||||||
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100,000 (peak strength) |
100,000 (peak strength) | ||||||||
The Khmelnytsky's campaign of 1648 refers to a series of events during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, where the Zaporozhian Cossacks and their Crimean Tatar allies inflicted a series of defeats on the Polish-Lithuanian forces in present-day Ukraine and southern parts of Belarus. The campaign took place from January to November 1648, and made up the first phase of this major Cossack uprising. This phase was also marked by rampant Cossack violence against Poles and Jews, which led to tens of thousands of deaths and more being enslaved by Crimean Tatars.