Battle of Berestechko

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The Battle of Berestechko was a major 1651 clash in the Khmelnytsky Uprising, where the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth decisively defeated the Cossack–Tatar forces in one of the largest land battles of 17th-century Europe.

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Battle of Berestechko canonical 4
Berestechko battle 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
historical event
associatedWith Cossack uprisings in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish–Cossack conflicts
surface form: Polish–Cossack wars
belligerent Crimean Khanate
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Zaporozhian Cossacks
chronologicalOrderInConflict one of the major mid-war engagements of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
commander Bohdan Khmelnytsky
John II Casimir Vasa
İslâm III Giray
conflictIn Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657)
surface form: Khmelnytsky Uprising
conflictSide Cossack-Tatar alliance
surface form: Cossack–Tatar coalition

Royalist forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
countryAtTime Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
date 1651
describedAs one of the largest land battles of 17th-century Europe
endDate 1651-06-30
era 17th century
followedBy Treaty of Bila Tserkva (1651)
surface form: Treaty of Bila Tserkva
hasAftermath weakening of Cossack position against the Commonwealth
hasAlternativeName Battle of Berestechko
surface form: Berestechko battle

Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem
hasCasualties heavy on both sides
hasOpposingCommander Ivan Bohun
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
hasParticipant Lithuanian–Polish forces
surface form: Lithuanian forces

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army
surface form: Polish crown army

Tatar cavalry
registered Cossacks
hasStrategicEffect temporary restoration of Commonwealth control over parts of Ukraine
hasType land battle
historicalRegion Ruthenia
location Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Volhynia
near Berestechko
militaryTheater Eastern European steppe
notableFor impact on the course of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
scale of forces involved
outcome decisive defeat of Cossack–Tatar forces
partOf Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657)
surface form: Khmelnytsky Uprising
precededBy earlier engagements of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
presentDayLocation Ukraine
result Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth victory
startDate 1651-06-28
year 1651

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Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) battle Battle of Berestechko
Treaty of Bila Tserkva (1651) follows Battle of Berestechko
Battle of Berestechko hasAlternativeName Battle of Berestechko
this entity surface form: Berestechko battle
Battle of Batih chronologicalPredecessor Battle of Berestechko
Battle of Pyliavtsi relatedEvent Battle of Berestechko