Siege of Chyhyryn
| Siege of Chyhyryn | |||||||
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| Part of The Ruin | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Doroshenko's Cossacks Sirko's Cossacks |
Sukhovy's Cossacks Crimean Khanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Petro Doroshenko Ivan Sirko Colonel Ulanovsky |
Petro Sukhovy Krim Giray Murza Batyrcha (WIA) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Entire force defected 4,000+ killed | ||||||
The siege of Chyhyryn was conducted by Sukhovy with his Crimean Tatar allies to consolidate power over Right-Bank Ukraine and take over Left-Bank against his rival Doroshenko who was supported by Ivan Sirko, from December 1668 to January 1669.