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Siege of Suceava (1653)

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Siege of Suceava (1653)
Part of the Moldavian campaign during the Khmelnytsky Uprising

The Suceava Castle in the present-day of the Suceava County in Romania
Date22 July – 9 October, 1653
Location
Result Cossack defeat
Belligerents
link Moldavia
link Wallachia
link Transylvania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
link Moldavia
border=no Cossack Hetmanate
Commanders and leaders
link Gheorghe Ștefan
link Matei Basarab
link John Kemény
Sebastian Machowski [ru]
link Vasile Lupu
border=no Tymofiy Khmelnytsky 
border=no Mykola Fedorovych 
Strength
25,000–30,000 1,000 Moldavians
6,000 Cossacks
Casualties and losses
2,300 killed and wounded[1][page needed] 2,000 killed and wounded[1][page needed]

The siege of Suceava (Romanian: Asediul Sucevei, Ukrainian: Облога Сучави, Polish: Oblężenie Suczawy; 22 July – 9 October, 1653) was fought between the Principalities of Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Principality of Moldavia and Cossack Hetmanate as a part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.

Near the site of the present-day city of Suceava in Romania, a forces of Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of Princes Gheorghe Ștefan, Matei Basarab and John Kemény, Colonels Henryk Dehoff, Jan Kodracki and Sebastian Machowski defeated and held besieged the positions of the Moldavians and Zaporozhian Cossacks under the command of Voivode Vasile Lupu, Otaman Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, who was killed in the battle and Mykola Fedorovych in the Suceava Castle.

The strength of the defending Cossacks and Moldovans did not exceed 7,000, while a detachment of 25,000 to 30,000 acted against them.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tomasz Ciesielski. "Od Batohu do Żwańca 1652–1653".
  2. ^ Smoliy & Stepankov 2003, p. 299.

Bibliography

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  • Smoliy, V.; Stepankov, Valeriy (2003). Богдан Хмельницький [Bohdan Khmelnytsky] (in Ukrainian). Альтернативи. ISBN 966-7217-76-0.