Battle of Zhovti Vody

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The Battle of Zhovti Vody was a major 1648 victory of Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s Cossack-Tatar forces over the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, marking the dramatic start of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.

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Battle of Zhovti Vody canonical 4
Bitva pid Zhovtymy Vodamy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alliance Cossack-Tatar alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Zółte Wody ⓘ
Bitva pid Zhovtymy Vodamy ⓘ
belligerent Crimean Khanate ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Zaporozhian Cossacks ⓘ
cause Cossack grievances against the Polish–Lithuanian nobility ⓘ
religious and social tensions in the Ukrainian lands ⓘ
combatantSide Cossack-Tatar forces ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army ⓘ
commander Bohdan Khmelnytsky ⓘ
Mikołaj Potocki ⓘ
Stefan Potocki ⓘ
Tugay Bey ⓘ
conflictIn Cossack-Polish War (1648–1657) ⓘ
Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
countryAtTime Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1648 ⓘ
endDate May 1648 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Korsun (1648) ⓘ
hasParticipant Polish cavalry ⓘ
Registered Cossacks ⓘ
Tatar cavalry ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
location Zaporizhzhia region ⓘ
linked to: Zaporizhzhia Oblast

modern Ukraine ⓘ
near Zhovti Vody ⓘ
outcome capture or destruction of much of the Polish advance force ⓘ
defection of some Registered Cossacks to Khmelnytsky ⓘ
partOf Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
mid-17th-century conflicts in Eastern Europe ⓘ
precededBy Cossack revolt preparations by Bohdan Khmelnytsky ⓘ
primaryTheater Ukrainian steppe ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Korsun ⓘ
Battle of Pyliavtsi ⓘ
Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
result Cossack-Tatar victory ⓘ
defeat of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces ⓘ
significance encouraged widespread Cossack and peasant rebellion in Ukraine ⓘ
first major victory of the Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
marked the dramatic start of the Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
weakened Polish–Lithuanian control over Ukrainian territories ⓘ
startDate April 1648 ⓘ

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Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) → battle → Battle of Zhovti Vody ⓘ
Mikołaj Potocki → participatedIn → Battle of Zhovti Vody ⓘ
Battle of Zhovti Vody → alsoKnownAs → Bitva pid Zhovtymy Vodamy ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Zhovti Vody
Battle of Korsun (1648) → followed → Battle of Zhovti Vody ⓘ
Battle of Pyliavtsi → relatedEvent → Battle of Zhovti Vody ⓘ