Battle of Schwanez
Plan of the Schwanez fortress (1876)
| date | September 1653 to December 1653 |
|---|---|
| place | Schwanets , Ukraine |
| output | tactical victory of the Zaporozhian Cossacks |
| consequences | 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| approx. 30,000–40,000 Cossacks and Tatars | approx. 30,000 |
| losses | |
|
unknown |
min. 10,000 |
Shovti Vody (1648) - Korsun (1648) - Starokostjantyniw (1648) - Pyljawzi (1648) - Pohost (1648) - Lojew I (1649) - Zahal (1649) - Sbarash (1649) - Sboriw (1649) - Krasne (1651 ) - Kopytschynzi (1651) - Berestechko (1651) - Lojew II (1651) - Bila Tserkva (1651) - Batoh (1652) - Kamyanets-Podilskyj (1652) - Monastyryschtsche (1653) - Suceava (1653) - Schwanets (1653)
The Battle of Schwanez (or Battle of Schwanez / Siege of Schwanez ) took place between September and December 1653. It was the last military conflict in the Khmelnytskyi uprising .
The conflict between the 30 to 40,000-strong troops of the allied Zaporozhian Cossacks under Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj and the Crimean Tatars under İslâm III. Giray on the one hand and the approximately 30,000 strong Polish-Lithuanian troops under John II Casimir on the other hand was named after the city of Schwanets in today 's Chmelnyzkyj Oblast , Ukraine , where it took place.
course
After the troops which Polish Kronarmee in August 1653 the fortress Schwanez entrenched had increased and the attachment, they were besieged by the united army of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars. After several Polish outbreaks failed in the first half of November, the situation became hopeless for the Poles. Epidemics and famine broke out in the fortress , so that at least 10,000 foot soldiers died by December and only 5,000 of the 20,000 cavalrymen were still operational. The Poles threatened a heavy defeat and Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj was confident that the Polish king would soon have to surrender.
However, his ally Khan İslâm III agreed. Giray signed a separate armistice with the Poles on December 16, 1653, so that Khmelnytskyi had to end the siege. He only achieved a renewal of the Treaty of Sboriw concluded on August 17, 1649 by the Poles, who were then able to leave the fortress.
Since the Tatars had proven to be unreliable allies, the Cossacks moved towards Pereyaslav after the fighting ended , where they concluded the Treaty of Pereyaslav with Tsarist Russia in 1654 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Battle of Schwanets from "Institute for the History of Ukraine", accessed on May 21, 2016
- ^ Battle of Schwanets in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, accessed May 21, 2016
Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 7 ″ N , 26 ° 29 ′ 5 ″ E