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Battle of Zhvanets

Battle of Zhvanets was a battle fought in September 1653 at Zhvanets, in what is now Ukraine. It was part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, which ran from 1648 to 1657. The recorded result: See Aftermath.

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Plan of fortress in the Ukrainian city of Zhvanets where there was a battle in 1653 during the Khmelnytsky Uprisings. Work by Napoleon Orda.
Plan of fortress in the Ukrainian city of Zhvanets where there was a battle in 1653 during the Khmelnytsky Uprisings. Work by Napoleon Orda.. Napoleon Orda, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtSeptember 1653
WhereZhvanets, Ukraine48.552N, 26.485E
OutcomeSee Aftermath
Belligerents25px|border=no Cossack Hetmanate; 25px Crimean Khanateagainst25px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Casualties and lossesUnknownand25,000 killed and wounded
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 Zhvanets, 1653
23 placed engagements of the Khmelnytsky Uprising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateSeptember 1653 (month precision)
to 15 December 1653
PlaceZhvanets, Ukraine
48.552N, 26.485E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength30,000–40,000 Cossacks; 20,000 Tatars30,000–40,000 cavalry, infantry and servants; 20,000 Schwarze Reiters; 2,000 Transylvanian mercenaries; 1,000 Moldavian mercenaries; Several thousand of the Pospolite Ruszenie
Casualties and lossesUnknown25,000 killed and wounded
Commanders
Battle of ZhvanetsBattle of ZhvanetsSiege of KhotinBattle of KhotynSiege of KamenetsSiege of KamenetsKamenets-Podolsky PocketSiege of KhotinSiege of KamenetsKamenets-Podolsky PocketVinnytsyaTernopilIvano-FrankivskBălțiBotoșaniKhmelnytskyySuceava100 km48.552N, 26.485E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1653 and 1788.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1653

Battle of Zhvanets 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 Q4087375, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Zhvanets, revision 1382550496, 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.