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Battle of Berestechko

Battle of Berestechko was a battle fought on 28 June 1651 at Berestechko, in what is now Ukraine; it lasted 2 days. It was part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, which ran from 1648 to 1657. The recorded result: Polish–Lithuanian victory.

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Jean Thibaut (French): Battle of Beresteczko 1651, relief at Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris.
Jean Thibaut (French): Battle of Beresteczko 1651, relief at Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris.. own, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought28 June 1651lasted 2 days
WhereBerestechko, Ukraine50.350N, 25.117E
OutcomePolish–Lithuanian victory
BelligerentsCossack Hetmanate; Crimean KhanateagainstPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Casualties and losses30,000–40,000; 3,000–4,000 killedandUnknown; 700 (on 1 July)
Part ofKhmelnytsky Uprising1648 to 1657

Where it sits in the Khmelnytsky Uprising

Battle of Starokostiantyniv, 1648Siege of Zamość (1648), 1648Battle of Zhovti Vody, 1648Siege of Kodak, 1648Battle of Korsuń, 1648Battle of Pohost, 1648Battle of Pyliavtsi, 1648Siege of Lvov, 1648Battle of Zboriv, 1649Battle of Mazyr, 1649Battle of Zahal, 1649Siege of Zbarazh, 1649Battle of Loyew, 1649Battle of Krasne, 1651Battle of Kopychyntsi, 1651Battle of Berestechko, 1651Battle of Loyew, 1651Capture of Kyiv (1651), 1651Battle of Bila Tserkva, 1651Battle of Batih, 1652Battle of Monastyryshche, 1653Siege of Suczawa, 1653Battle of Zhvanets, 165316481653Battle of Berestechko, 1651
23 placed engagements of the Khmelnytsky Uprising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date28 June 1651
to 30 June 1651
PlaceBerestechko, Ukraine
50.350N, 25.117E
KindBattle, early modern
Strengthabout 100,000 total, including: Many thousands of peasants; 30,000–40,000 Crimean Tatars; 2,000 Don Cossacks; Several thousand Turks and Vlachsabout 75,000 total, of which: 17,000 cavalry; 16,000 infantry; 56,000 levies
Casualties and losses30,000–40,000; 3,000–4,000 killedUnknown; 700 (on 1 July)
Commanders
Battle of BerestechkoBattle of BerestechkoBattle of BrodyBattle of BrodyBattle of PoryckBattle of Kamionka StrumiłowaBattle of JaroslawiceBattle of BrodyBattle of BrodyBattle of PoryckBattle of JaroslawiceLvivLublinRivneTernopilLutskKovelKhmelnytskyyDrohobych100 km50.350N, 25.117E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Berestechko
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Berestechko today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-08-29. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 198 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 183 to 283 m, 100 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 57% cropland, 25% tree cover, 13% grassland.

cropland: 57%tree cover: 25%grassland: 13%wetland: 2%built-up: 2%cropland 57%tree cover 25%grassland 13%wetland 2%built-up 2%
west to east, 10.0 km190 to 211 mnorth to south, 10.0 km189 to 224 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Elsewhere in 1651

Battle of Berestechko is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 321 in present-day Ukraine.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q593045, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Berestechko, revision 1384166877, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.