Draft:Battle of Bursztyn

Battle of Bursztyn - the name of an armed pogrom by the Registered Cossacks and Royal Zholners of the Tatar hordes near the town of Burshtyn (now Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine) and on the bank of the Dniester.

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It took place in October 1629 near the town of Burshtyn, in which the Registered Cossacks under the command of Hetman Hryhoriy Chorny and the crown army under the command of Hetman Stefan Chmielecki defeated the attacking Tatars led by Islam III Giray, who were returning with loot from Bełz land.

After a robbery campaign in Galicia, a 7,000-strong detachment of Tatars under the command of Salamet-Girey and other Murzes, who were returning with loot and prisoners from the Bełz land. The Tatars got hold of a Cossack from the crown wagon. After interrogating and torturing the Cossack, who heroically withstood the ordeal without telling about the crown army, the attackers decided to spend the night near the village of Konyushky(Rohatyn district), where they set up camp.

Stefan Chmielecki and his army learnt about it, crossed the river Hnyla Lypa near Burshtyn and became at the Tartars at midnight. In the morning, while the Tatars were preparing to leave, they struck a sudden blow to the enemies, who suddenly panicked: many did not have time to get on their horses, others simply ran away. All the streets of the village were covered with the corpses of the dead. The Tatars were chased to the mountains and crossings for 3 miles, until the horses weakened. S. Khmeletsky sent a messenger to the Russian voivode Stanislaw Lubomirski to seize a ford across the Dniester. The attackers carelessly entered the water, and few survived.

Cossacks and soldiers recaptured all the booty, in particular, 10,000 prisoners (many women), 1,000 prisoners, took together 10,000 horses. Islam III Giray, a future ally of Bogdan Khmelnytsky, was taken prisoner.

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