Battle of Zieleńce

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The Battle of Zieleńce was a 1792 engagement in the Polish–Russian War in which Polish forces under Prince Józef Poniatowski achieved a notable victory and for which the Virtuti Militari, Poland’s highest military decoration, was first awarded.

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Battle of Zieleńce canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedAward Virtuti Militari ⓘ
belligerent Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
category Battles involving Poland ⓘ
Battles involving the Russian Empire ⓘ
Battles of the Polish–Russian War of 1792 ⓘ
cause Russian intervention against the Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
combatant1 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army ⓘ
surface form: Crown Army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
combatant2 Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
commandedBy (Polish side) Prince Józef Poniatowski ⓘ
Tadeusz Kościuszko ⓘ
commander Prince Józef Poniatowski ⓘ
surface form: Józef Poniatowski

Mikhail Kakhovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn Polish military calendars ⓘ
conflict Polish–Russian War (1792) ⓘ
surface form: Polish–Russian War of 1792
country Poland ⓘ
countryAtTime Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 18 June 1792 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
hasAftermath introduction of Virtuti Militari as a permanent military order ⓘ
temporary boost to Polish morale ⓘ
hasCasualties Polish casualties ⓘ
Russian casualties ⓘ
historicalRegion Volhynian Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Volhynia Governorate
honoredBy commemorative medals ⓘ
military traditions of the Polish Army ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
location Volhynia ⓘ
Zieleńce ⓘ
near Zasław ⓘ
modernCountry Ukraine ⓘ
monarchOfPolandAtTime Stanisław II Augustus Poniatowski ⓘ
surface form: Stanisław August Poniatowski
namedAfter village of Zieleńce ⓘ
notableFor first awarding of the Virtuti Militari ⓘ
outcome Polish tactical victory ⓘ
partOf Polish–Russian War (1792) ⓘ
surface form: Polish–Russian War of 1792
relatedTo Polish–Lithuanian Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 3 May 1791

War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
result Polish victory ⓘ
theatre Polish–Russian War (1792) ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of the Polish–Russian War of 1792
typeOfEngagement field battle ⓘ
year 1792 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish–Russian War (1792) → significantEvent → Battle of Zieleńce ⓘ
War in Defense of the Constitution → hasPart → Battle of Zieleńce ⓘ
War of 1792 → notableBattle → Battle of Zieleńce ⓘ