Battle of Starokostiantyniv
Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Defensive Tower in Starokostiantyniv in the present-day of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine
Date 26–28 July 1648 Location Starokostiantyniv, Podolian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Result Strategic Cossack victory[1] The Zaporozhian Cossacks finally broke the Resistance of the Crown Army and opened the ways to the west regions of Ukraine
Belligerents
Zaporozhian Host	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Maksym Kryvonis Ivan Hyria	Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Janusz Tyszkiewicz
Strength
50,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks[1]	40,000 Polish–Lithuanian hussars, cavalry and infantry[2]
Casualties and losses
10,000–15,000 killed and wounded[1]	400–500 killed and wounded[2]

The Battle of Starokostiantyniv (Ukrainian: Битва під Старокостянтиновим, Polish: Bitwa pod Starokonstantynowem; 26–28 July 1648) was fought between the Zaporozhian Host against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as a part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day town of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine, a forces of the Zaporozhian Cossacks under the command of Colonels Maksym Kryvonis and Ivan Hyria attacked and defeated the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces under the command of Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki and Magnate Janusz Tyszkiewicz.

References

• Władysław Andrzej Serczyk: Na płonącej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648-1651. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1998. ISBN 83-05-12969-1.
• Jerzy Bordziłowski (red.): Mała encyklopedia wojskowa. T.1. Warszawa: MON, 1967
• Romuald Romański: Wojny kozackie. Warszawa: Bellona, 2005. ISBN 83-11-10174-4
• Romuald Romański: Książę Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. Warszawa: Bellona, 2011. ISBN 978-83-11-11524-8
• Zbigniew Wójcik: Dzikie Pola w ogniu. O Kozaczyźnie w dawnej Rzeczypospolitej. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1971.