The Battle of Berestechko (Ukrainian: Битва під Берестечком, Polish: Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem; 28 June – 10 July 1651) was fought between the Cossack Hetmanate...
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Berestechko received Magdeburg rights in 1547. Around the same era, Socinian communities were active in the town. In 1651 the Battle of Berestechko during...
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revenge for the Battle of Berestechko. During the battle, a forces of the Cossack Hetmanate and Crimean Khanate destroyed many and one of the best Polish–Lithuanian...
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The Battle of Legnica (Polish: bitwa pod Legnicą), also known as the Battle of Liegnitz (German: Schlacht von Liegnitz) or Battle of Wahlstatt (German:...
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The Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in what is today eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman army under Sultan Murad II (who did not actually...
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The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two...
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The Battle of Grunwald was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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56°50′55″N 24°20′53″E / 56.84861°N 24.34806°E / 56.84861; 24.34806 The Battle of Kircholm (Lithuanian: Salaspilio mūšis; Polish: Bitwa pod Kircholmem;...
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Ivan Bohun (category Colonels of the Cossack Hetmanate)
Ruthenia. In June 1651 he was elected colonel of troops of Bracław and took part in the Battle of Berestechko against Polish troops led by King John II Casimir...
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as a part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day city of Bila Tserkva in Ukraine. Following the Battle of Berestechko in 28 June...
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The Battle of the Niemen River was the second-largest battle of the Polish–Soviet War. It took place near the middle Neman River between the cities of Suwałki...
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The Battle of Klushino, or the Battle of Kłuszyn, was fought on 4 July 1610, between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia...
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The Battle of Warsaw (Polish: Bitwa Warszawska; Russian: Варшавская битва, Varshavskaya bitva), also known as the Miracle on the Vistula (Polish: Cud...
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Batoh massacre (category Prisoner of war massacres)
a reference to an earlier Cossack defeat at the hands of the Poles in the Battle of Berestechko. The methodical executions were so barbaric that even...
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Battle of Hodów took place between the Kingdom of Poland and Crimean Khanate forces, fought in June 1694 in the Ruthenian Voivodeship of the Crown of...
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Battle of Orsha (Polish: Bitwa pod Orszą, Lithuanian: Oršos mūšis), was fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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Rivne Oblast (redirect from Demographics of Rivne Oblast)
Novomalyna Castle Rivne Nuclear Power Plant Battle of Berestechko Field Narrow-gauge railway (Tunnel of Love) Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their...
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Khmelnytsky Uprising (redirect from Ukrainian Revolution of 1648)
suffered a massive defeat in 1651 at the Battle of Berestechko, considered to be one of the largest land battles of the 17th century, and they were abandoned...
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The Mongol Invasion of Poland from late 1240 to 1241 culminated in the Battle of Legnica, where the Mongols defeated an alliance which included forces...
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Mikołaj Potocki (category Polish people of the Polish–Russian War (1609–1618))
over Tatar and Cossack forces at the Battle of Berestechko. On 18 September 1651, after the indecisive Battle of Bila Tserkva he negotiated a treaty with...
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There he took part in several important battles and was eventually killed during the Battle of Berestechko. He was portrayed in the Polish novel and...
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culminated in a decisive Ottoman victory over the crusader alliance at the Battle of Varna on 10 November 1444, during which Władysław and the expedition's...
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In the Battle of Cedynia or Zehden, an army of Mieszko I of Poland defeated forces of Hodo or Odo I of Lusatia on 24 June 972, near the Oder river. Whether...
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Deluge (history) (redirect from Swedish invasion of Poland)
initial phase of the rebellion ended (after much destruction) at the Battle of Berestechko (1651), it brought into focus the rivalry between Russia and the...
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The Battle of Cecora (also known as the Battle of Țuțora) took place during the Polish–Ottoman War (1620–21) between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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John III Sobieski (redirect from Jan III Sobieski of Poland)
capture at the Battle of Batih. John was promoted to the rank of pułkownik and fought with distinction in the Battle of Berestechko. In 1653, he voluntarily...
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Kościuszko Uprising (redirect from Polish War of 1793-1794)
Battle of Chełm Battle of Soły [pl] Courland Uprising [pl] Battle of Gołków [pl] Battle of Raszyn [pl] Battle of Kolno [pl] Battle of Błonie Battle of...
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combat of Lanckorona, the storming of the Lanckorona Castle (Polish: Obrona Lanckorony, lit. 'Defense of Lanckorona') and the second battle of Lanckorona...
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Polish–Lithuanian War (redirect from Battle of Augustów)
Polish invaded Lithuanian-controlled territory during the Battle of Sejny. Pressured by the League of Nations, Poland signed the Suwałki Agreement on October...
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