Battle of Berestechko

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The Battle of Berestechko was a major 1651 clash in the Khmelnytsky Uprising, where the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth decisively defeated the Cossack–Tatar forces in one of the largest land battles of 17th-century Europe.

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Battle of Berestechko canonical 5
Berestechko battle 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
associatedWith Cossack uprisings in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Polish–Cossack wars ⓘ
belligerent Crimean Khanate ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Zaporozhian Cossacks ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInConflict one of the major mid-war engagements of the Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
commander Bohdan Khmelnytsky ⓘ
John II Casimir Vasa ⓘ
İslâm III Giray ⓘ
conflictIn Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
conflictSide Cossack–Tatar coalition ⓘ
Royalist forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
countryAtTime Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1651 ⓘ
describedAs one of the largest land battles of 17th-century Europe ⓘ
endDate 1651-06-30 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Bila Tserkva ⓘ
hasAftermath weakening of Cossack position against the Commonwealth ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Berestechko battle ⓘ
Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
hasOpposingCommander Ivan Bohun ⓘ
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki ⓘ
hasParticipant Lithuanian forces ⓘ
Polish crown army ⓘ
Tatar cavalry ⓘ
registered Cossacks ⓘ
hasStrategicEffect temporary restoration of Commonwealth control over parts of Ukraine ⓘ
hasType land battle ⓘ
historicalRegion Ruthenia ⓘ
location Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Volhynia ⓘ
near Berestechko ⓘ
militaryTheater Eastern European steppe ⓘ
notableFor impact on the course of the Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
scale of forces involved ⓘ
outcome decisive defeat of Cossack–Tatar forces ⓘ
partOf Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
precededBy earlier engagements of the Khmelnytsky Uprising ⓘ
presentDayLocation Ukraine ⓘ
result Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth victory ⓘ
startDate 1651-06-28 ⓘ
year 1651 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) → battle → Battle of Berestechko ⓘ
Treaty of Bila Tserkva (1651) → follows → Battle of Berestechko ⓘ
Battle of Berestechko → hasAlternativeName → Berestechko battle ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Berestechko
Battle of Batih → chronologicalPredecessor → Battle of Berestechko ⓘ
Battle of Pyliavtsi → relatedEvent → Battle of Berestechko ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army → engagedIn → Battle of Berestechko ⓘ