Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Battles of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Ukrainian military, political and statesman, Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, head of Ukraine (1648–1657) during the Hetmanship, 1595 to 1657

Bohdan Khmelnytsky is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1629 and 1655: 11 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (11), Turkey (1), Belarus (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,621 km apart end to end, 302 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Khmelnytsky Uprising (9), Russo-Polish War (3).

Cossack raid on IstanbulBattle of PyliavtsiBattle of ZborivBattle of Bila TserkvaBattle of ZhvanetsSovereign's Campaign of 1654Battle of HorodokBattle of OzernaBattle of Zhovti VodyBattle of KorsuńSiege of ZbarazhBattle of BerestechkoBattle of BatihBattle of Zhovti VodyBattle of KorsuńSiege of ZbarazhBattle of BerestechkoBattle of BatihBerlinViennaAnkaraNaplesBucharestWarsawBudapestPragueMinskSofia1000 km47.270N, 28.688E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1629: 1 engagements1648: 3 engagements3 in 16481649: 2 engagements1651: 2 engagements1652: 1 engagements1653: 1 engagements1654: 1 engagements1655: 2 engagements16291655
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Cossack raid on Istanbul, 1629Battle of Zhovti Vody, 1648Battle of Korsuń, 1648Battle of Pyliavtsi, 1648Battle of Zboriv, 1649Siege of Zbarazh, 1649Battle of Berestechko, 1651Battle of Bila Tserkva, 1651Battle of Batih, 1652Battle of Zhvanets, 1653Sovereign's Campaign of 1654, 1654Battle of Horodok, 1655Battle of Ozerna, 165516291655
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1629Cossack raid on IstanbulConstantinople, TurkeyCossack victory
29 April 1648Battle of Zhovti VodyPiatykhatky Raion, Ukraine925 km NCossack–Tatar victory
26 May 1648Battle of KorsuńKorsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Ukraine207 km NWCossack–Tatar victory
13 September 1648Battle of PyliavtsiPyliava, Ukraine268 km WCossack–Tatar victory
1649Battle of ZborivZboriv, Ukraine168 km WSee Aftermath; Treaty of Zboriv
10 July 1649Siege of ZbarazhZbarazh, Ukraine46 km EPolish–Lithuanian victory
28 June 1651Battle of BerestechkoBerestechko, Ukraine90 km NWPolish–Lithuanian victory
1651Battle of Bila TserkvaBila Tserkva, Ukraine362 km EInconclusive; Treaty of Bila Tserkva
1 June 1652Battle of BatihChetvertinivka, Ukraine147 km SWCossack–Tatar victory
September 1653Battle of ZhvanetsZhvanets, Ukraine206 km WSee Aftermath
1654Sovereign's Campaign of 1654Belarus564 km NRussian–led victory
29 September 1655Battle of HorodokHorodok, Ukraine515 km SWMuscovite–Cossack victory
1655Battle of OzernaOzerna, Ukraine123 km EDisputed

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.