Battle of Kopychyntsi

Battle of Kopychyntsi
Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
DateMay 12, 1651
LocationKopychyntsi, Ukraine
Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth  Zaporozhian Cossacks
Crimean Tatars
Commanders and leaders
Marcin Kalinowski Asand Demka

Battle of Kopychyntsi (Ukrainian: Копичинці, Polish: Kopyczyńce), (May 12, 1651) was a battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.[1] Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Marcin Kalinowski defeated the Cossacks and Tatars forces under the command of Asand Demka.

References

  1. Władysław Andrzej Serczyk (1998). Na płonącej Ukrainie : Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648-1651 (in Polish). Książka i Wiedza. p. 331. ISBN 83-05-12969-1. OCLC 40463281.

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