Siege of Varva (1658)
| Siege of Varva | |||||||
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| Part of The Ruin (Ukrainian history) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Cossack hetmanate.svg){kind=small} Crimean Khanate |
.svg){kind=small} Russia Cossack hetmanate | ||||||
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Ivan Skorobagatko |
Grigory Romodanovsky Ivan Bezpaly | ||||||
The Siege of Varva [a] is one of the events of the Russo-Polish War of 1654-1667 and Ruin in Ukraine.[1] [2]
Background
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In September 1658, the Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host Ivan Vyhovsky signed the Treaty of Hadiach with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , which returned the Zaporozhian Host to the rule of the Polish Crown. Having called upon the troops of the Crimean Khan for help, Vyhovsky began military operations against Russia.
Siege
[edit]On the 7th of November, Grigory Romodanovsky and his army arrived at around Varva and started laying siege to the city.[3] However, Varva, due to both a strong cossack garrison and being surrounded with rivers and swamps,was well fortified and as a result the first two assaults of the Russian army were swiftly repelled.[4]
But, Romadonvosky,seeing the harsh conditions of winter,saw the opportunity to launch another assault once the rivers had frozen.[5] And on the 20th of November, Romadonvosky went into battle against Hetman Skorobogatko in which his army won and Skorobogatko retreated.[6] Later, on the 25th of November a second attempt to defeat Romadonvosky in battle was attempted but a result of the battle, Skorobogatko was defeated and retreated from Varva.[7][8]
Consequences
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The oath of the Vygovskites at Varva turned out to be false. Already in December 1658, Vyhovsky changed his word, and military actions began again.[9][10]
References & Notes
[edit]- ^ Markevych 1843, p. 209.
- ^ Kostomarov 1891, p. 82.
- ^ Babulin 2015, p. 118.
- ^ Babulin 2015, p. 119.
- ^ Babulin 2015, p. 120.
- ^ Babulin 2015, p. 120-121.
- ^ Babulin 2015, p. 121.
- ^ Bulvinskyi, Andriy (1998-01-01). "Похід кн. Г.Г.Ромодановського на Україну восени 1658 року" [Prince G.G. Romodanovsky’s campaign in Ukraine in the autumn of 1658]. Нова політика (1).
- ^ Barsukov 1881, p. 148.
- ^ Ivan Grigor'evich. Acts relating to the history of Southern and Western Russia (1846). vol. 4. p. 275
Bibliography
[edit]- Solovyov, Sergey (1879). История России с древнейших времён [History of Russia from Ancient Times] (in Russian). ISBN 9785170960903.
- Markevych, Mykola (1843). История малой России [History of Little Russia] (in Russian). Vol. 5.
- Barsukov, Alexander (1881). Род Шереметевых [Sheremetev family] (in Russian). Book V.
- Babulin, Igor (2015). Борьба за Украину и битва под Конотопом (1658-1659 гг.) [The Struggle for Ukraine and the Battle of Konotop (1658-1659)] (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-903389-99-5.
- Mykola, Kostomarov (1891). Історичні монографії Миколи Костомарова [Historical monographs of Mykola Kostomarov] (in Ukrainian). Volume 6 : Hetmanship of Ivan Vyhovsky. З друк. Павловського.