Battle of Chudnov

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Battle of Chudnov (Cudnów)
Part of Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
Polish troops besiege the camp of the Russian forces led by Vasily Sheremetev and Tymish Tsetsura.
Date 27 September[citation needed] – 2 November 1660 Location Chudniv (Cudnów), Ukraine Result Polish–Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate	Russian Tsardom Cossack Hetmanate
Commanders and leaders
Stanisław Potocki Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski Safer Giray	Vasily Sheremetev
Strength
28,000 Poles with 20 artillery pieces [a][1] 12,000 Tatars[1]	15,000 Russians with 48 artillery pieces[1] 15,000 Cossacks with several artillery pieces (under Tsetsura; not counting 20,000 under Khmelnytsky)[1]
Casualties and losses
Poles: 2,700 dead, 2,500 wounded[2] Tatars: 400 dead, 600 wounded	Russians: 2,300 dead, 2,000 wounded, 12,500 captive and all artillery Cossacks: 1,900 dead, 2,000 wounded, 8,000

The Battle of Chudnov (Chudniv, Cudnów) took place from 14 October^{[citation needed]} to 2 November 1660, between the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, allied with the Crimean Tatars, and the Tsardom of Russia, allied with the Cossacks. It ended with a decisive Polish victory, and the truce of Chudnov (Polish: Cudnów). The entire Russian army, including its commander, was taken into jasyr slavery by the Tatars. The battle was the largest and most important Polish victory over the Russian forces until the battle of Warsaw in 1920.^[3]