Battle of Monastyryshche
| Battle of Monastyryshche | |||||||
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| Part of the Khmelnytskyi Uprising | |||||||
Polish–Lithuanian cavalry attacking the Cossacks during the battle. Painting by Henryk Pillati in 1857 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Cossack Hetmanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Stefan Czarniecki (WIA) |
Ivan Bohun Ivan Hrozdenko † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000–15,000 |
400–1,000 Inside of the town: 70,000 peasants | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,000–6,000+ killed and wounded | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Monastyryshche happened in March 1653 during the Khmelnytskyi Uprising. The Ukrainian Cossack and peasant army defeated the Polish–Lithuanian army near the town of Monastyryshche, in the Uman Regiment of the Cossack Hetmanate.