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Battle of Khotyn

Battle of Khotyn was a battle fought in 1621 at Khotyn, in what is now Ukraine. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Khotyn. It was part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars, which ran from 1593 to 1621. The recorded result: Polish-Lithuanian victory.

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Bitwa pod Chocimiem, 1621; na białym koniu z buławą hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
Bitwa pod Chocimiem, 1621; na białym koniu z buławą hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz. Józef Brandt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1621
WhereKhotyn, Ukraine48.508N, 26.486E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomePolish-Lithuanian victory
BelligerentsPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthagainstOttoman Empire
Casualties and losses14,000 killedand40,000–80,000 killed
Part ofMoldavian Magnate Wars1593 to 1621

Where it sits in the Moldavian Magnate Wars

Battle of Cecora, 1595Battle of Suceava, 1595Battle of Bucov, 1600Battle of Cornul lui Sas, 1612Cossack raid on Istanbul (1615), 1615Battle of Khotyn, 162115951621Battle of Khotyn, 1621
6 placed engagements of the Moldavian Magnate Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1621 (year precision)
to 1621
PlaceKhotyn, Ukraine
48.508N, 26.486E
KindBattle, early modern
Territorial changeOttoman forces repulsed from Khotyn
Strength25,000 Polish-Lithuanian troops: 4,800 Lithuanian infantry; 3,500 Lithuanian cavalry.; 20,000–25,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks120,000–160,000 Ottoman and Tatar, 13,000 Moldavian and Wallachian troops; 34,825 Kapikulu (regular army)': ~18,000 Janissary; ~1,800 Cebeci; ~1,300 artillery corps; ~13,000 Kapikulu cavalry.
Casualties and losses14,000 killed40,000–80,000 killed
Commanders
  • Osman II
  • Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha
  • Khan Temir
  • Canibek Giray
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Placed at Khotyn; the exact site is not recorded. 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 Khotyn
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 Khotyn today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-08-26. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 246 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 115 to 303 m, 188 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 42% tree cover, 24% cropland, 23% grassland.

tree cover: 42%cropland: 24%grassland: 23%built-up: 7%water: 5%tree cover 42%cropland 24%grassland 23%built-up 7%water 5%
west to east, 10.0 km118 to 287 mnorth to south, 10.0 km118 to 254 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.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1621

Battle of Khotyn 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 Q860981, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Khotyn (1621), revision 1385653323, 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.