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Battle of Buzhyn (1662)

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Battle of Buzhin
Part of Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) and The Ruin (Ukrainian history)
Date13 August 1662
Location
Buzhyn [ru],(Modern day Ukraine)
Result Victory of Khmelnytsky's coalition
Belligerents
Russia
border=no Cossack hetmanate
 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
border=no Cossack hetmanate
Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Grigory Romodanovsky
Tsardom of Russia Mikhail Priklonsky
border=no Vasyl Zolotarenko
border=no Yurii Khmelnytsky
Mehmed IV Giray
Selim I Giray
Strength
4,900 Russians
5,000 Cossacks
20,000 Crimean Tatars
5,000 Cossacks
Casualties and losses
300 Soldiers
6 cannons
border=no Heavy
Unknown

The Battle of Buzhin was a battle fought on August 13 1662 an parts of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) and the Ukrainian Ruin (1657–1687). The army of the Crimean Tatars and the Right-Bank Cossacks of Yurii Khmelnytsky defeated a detachment of the tsarist troops and the Left-Bank Cossacks, stopping their advance into Right-Bank Ukraine.

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