Siege of Chyhyryn (1659)
| Siege of Chyhyryn (1659) | |||||||||
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| Part of The Ruin | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| File:Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg D. Hrek's and Ivan Vyhovsky's cossacks |
File:Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg Yurii Khmelnytsky's cossacks | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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File:Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg Danylo Hrek File:Alex K Ivan Vygovskyi.svg Ivan Vyhovsky |
File:Alex K Chmelnitskyi.svg Yurii Khmelnytsky File:Chyhyryn polk.svg Kyrylo Kanivets | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| The garrison of the city led by D. Hrek, four hundred Cossacks of Ivan Vyhovsky, a detachment of German mercenaries | Yurii Khmelnytsky's Cossacks, Kyrylo Kanivets' Chyhyryn Regiment | ||||||||
The siege of Chyhyryn (1659) was a military clash between Yurii Khmelnytsky's cossacks and Ivan Vyhovsky's, Danylo Hrek's cossacks.
Battle
The first armed conflict in the lands of modern Cherkasy region, which can undoubtedly be attributed to the beginning of the "Ruin", was Yurii Khmelnytsky's campaign against Chyhyryn in November–December 1659. The prerequisite for this action was the refusal of the Chyhyryn garrison and Ivan Vyhovsky's wife O. Stetkevychivna to hand over the city to representatives of Yurii Khmelnytsky, who was elected hetman by the September Malostav Cossack Council. The new hetman's forces were opposed by the city's garrison led by D. Hrek, four hundred Cossacks of I. Vyhovskyi, a detachment of German mercenaries; the support of Y. Khmelnytskyi's forces was provided by the Cossacks of K. Kanivets' Chyhyryn Regiment.[1] The details of the siege are unknown, but an interesting circumstance attracts attention: since most of the hetman's office was located in Chyhyryn, Y. Khmelnytsky had to negotiate with Moscow officials without them. This allowed the latter to resort to fraud in order to achieve the conclusion of the Pereyaslav Agreement of 1659, which was unfavourable for the Cossack Hetmanate.
References
- ↑ "Книга Україна під булавою Богдана Хмельницького. Том 1 Сергій Коваленко, мова Українська, лучшие книги на Bookovka.ua". Книжный интернет магазин Bookovka.ua (in українська). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
Sources
- Коваленко С. Україна під булавою Б. Хмельницького. Енциклопедія у 3-х томах / С. Коваленко. – К.: Стікс-Ко, 2007. – Т. 1. – 376 с.
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