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	Berestechko, Battle of
		Tatars unexpectedly abandoned the field of battle and seized
		The Kozatski Mohyly (Cossack Graves) Preserve dedicated to those who died in the battle was built in 1910–14 on Zhuravlykha Island approx 5 km from
		An account of the battle as well as the historical and archeological sources and research about it, by I. Svieshnikov, appeared in Lviv in 1993.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/B/E/BerestechkoBattleof.htm (160 words)

	XMEL.ORG - Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Chmielnicki) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		During the battle, the Polish commanders lost their nerve and fled and, as the news spread, the rest of the army followed suit.
		A deciding factor in the defeat was the actions of the Tatars who, at a crucial juncture, withdrew from the battle.
		There was Berestechko, the disastrous Moldavian venture, the failure of the combined Cossack/Transylvanian campaign into Poland, an, finally the inability to ensure both Ukraine's enemies and allies would recognize its integrity.
	www.xmel.org /bohdan.htm (4345 words)

	Battle of Beresteczko - Wikinfo
		The great Battle of Beresteczko (Berestechko in Ukrainian) in Wołyń (Volhynia in Ukrainian), Ukraine, lasted from June 28 to June 30, 1651, between the Polish army under King Jan II Casimir and Ukrainian Cossack and peasant forces, led by Hetman Bohdan Chmielnicki (Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Ukrainian), and their Crimean Tatar allies.
		The battle was won by the Poles after the Tatars deserted the battlefield.
		The battle was probably the biggest in the 17th century.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Beresteczko (640 words)

	Battle of Berestechko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ivan Bogun fighting the Poles in the Battle of Berestechko.
		The battle was won by the Poles after the Crimean Tatars, dispirited by the death of their leader Toğay bey, deserted the battlefield.
		This article about a battle in Polish history is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Beresteczko (195 words)

	A.F. Pollard - A Short History Of The Great War - Chapter XII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The day was one of the most successful in the four and a half months' battle, and the dash of the British troops carried them as far as all their objectives.
		The third stage of the battle therefore opened with hopes which even the experience of the second had not been able to quench.
		Its hero is the mob, and its generals fight far away in the rear of the line of battle; even the telescope has given place to the telephone.
	www.ibiblio.org /HTMLTexts/Albert_Frederick_Pollard/A_Short_History_Of_The_Great_War/chapter12.html (5520 words)

	Polish Army During the Napoleonic Wars
		In 1651 at the Battle of Berestechko the Polish army (55,000-65,000 men) under King John II Casimir defeated 90,000-100,000 Ukrainian Cossacks and their Crimean Tartars allies (15,000-25,000).
		The Battle of Berestechko was one of the largest battles of the 17th century.
		The Battle of Vienna in 1683 had the most far-reaching consequences as it was the turning point in the 300-year struggle between the forces of the European kingdoms, and the Ottoman Empire.
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/polish_army.html (9595 words)

	Battle_of_beresteczko info here at en.1930-fashion.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Our Featured Battle of Beresteczko question on Battle of Berestechko Category: Battle of Berestechko Khmelnytsky Uprising Å»Ã³Åte Wody â¢ KorsuÅ â¢ PiÅawce â¢ ZbaraÅ¼ â¢ Zboriv â¢ Beresteczko â¢ Batoh â¢ Kiev Ivan Bogun warlike the Poles in the Battle of Berestechko.
		The Battle of Berestechko (Beresteczko) in Volhynia, Ukraine, different of the largest battles of the 17th century, count of the Chmielnicki Uprising, lasted from June 28 to June 30, 1651, blockaded by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth artillery pinned King Jan II Casimir Cossack Ukrainian peasant forces, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, their Crimean Tatar allies.
		Members of the szlachta families had the obligation to defend the out-country with men from their towns villages.
	en.1930-fashion.info /Battle_of_Beresteczko (407 words)

	Sosnytsia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name Sosnytsia derives from the same slavic root as that of the Pine tree (in Ukrainian: Сocнa), and the area was most lik ely named as such because the plentiful pine forests which have populated the area for ages.
		Karpo Skydan raised a peasant rebellion against the Polish nobles in 1637, and by 1648 the area was taken by the Cossacks in there rebellion for self-rule.
		It transferred again to Polish rule after the Battle of Berestechko in 1651 as part of the Treaty of Bila Tserkva.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sosnytsia (407 words)

	Travel to Ukraine - The Official Travel Website and Guide of Ukraine - History of Ukraine
		A new military campaign was started which nearly turned into a catastrophe because of the insidious Crimean Khan under the town of Berestechko.
		Khmelnytskyi mobilized the army and won a great victory in the battle near the settlement of Batih against the Polish Army on May 23, 1652.
		By the end of September, the Red Army left Odesa, and in the middle of October the battles were expanded near Kharkiv and Donbas.
	www.traveltoukraine.org /history.htm (16459 words)

	Tour Ukraine : Bytsko Travel Company, Kiev, Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1846 Berestechko was visited by T. Shevchenko who recorded the events of 1651 in the poem “The Field of Berestechko” and “Beyond the ravine”.
		According to legend, the cannel was built on the graves of 500 girls, tortured to death by the Tatar in Berestechko.
		A painting of the battle of Berestechko was executed in the 1853 on the outside wall.
	ukraine.bytsko.com /en/tours/t834.html (223 words)

	List of Treaties Encyclopedia Article @ Accorded.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Establishes peace between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ukrainian Cossacks after the Battle of Berestechko.
		Between the republics of Mexico and Texas in the aftermath of the Battle of San Jacinto.
		Ottawa and Chippewa Indians cede to the United States the northwest portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
	www.accorded.net /encyclopedia/List_of_treaties (3138 words)

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		From 1648 to 1781 — Konotop was the headquarters for the Cossack squadron (sotnya) of the Nizhyn regiment.
		Cossacks and villagers of the Konotop squadron took part in the war of 1648-54, in the battle against the Turks at Chyhyryn in 1677-78, and during the Russo-Turkish wars of 1677-78 and the Northern wars of 1700-1721.
		For instance, the entire Pryluky Regiment of Cossacks, led by I. Shkurat, died fighting valiantly in the battle of Berestechko in 1651.
	www.eedi.org.ua /eem/3-16eng.html (2040 words)

	EuroScope: On-Line Guides: Ukraine: Small Towns 1
		The place of a major battle between Ukrainian Cossacks and the army of the Polish king Jan III in June 1651.
		For average tourists the "theatrical simulation" of the battle in the authentic environment might be of interest.
		In July 1944 a big battle of the Ukrainian Division "Halychyna" with the Red Army took place in the vicinity of Brody.
	pages.prodigy.net /euroscope/other_places.html (2640 words)

	All Empires History Forum: The best Horse Riders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Turkish cavalry was beaten by Polish in Battles of Chocim 1621, Chocim 1673 and Wienna 1688.
		There was a battle between Polish and Russian cavalry (won by the Poles) just before the siege (it was on the 2nd of October, 1608).
		Battle of Kluszyn - 35.000 Russian-Swedish army was defeated by 7.000 Polish-Lithuanian army.
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6583&PN=9 (8624 words)

	Lutsk - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1240 the nearby town was seized and looted by the Tartars, but the castle was not harmed.
		In 1321 George son of Lev, the last of the line, died in a battle with the forces of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania and the castle was seized by the forces of the latter.
		In 1349 the town was captured by the forces of Casimir III, but it was soon retaken by Lithuania.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Lutsk (1389 words)

	Agapit №4
		Mykhailo Khnelnitsky fell in the battle as a hero while his son was taken a prisoner by Turks.
		His adopted brothers were with him in these battles as well as in the future ones.
		But in spite of the battle near Berestechko (1691), which was lost because of Khan`s betrayal, Khmelnitsky had shown his worth as true general and expert in military science.
	www.histomed.kiev.ua /agapit/ag4/ag04-09e.html (1776 words)

	Turning the pages back... May 3, 1653 (05/02/99) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He fought in battles against the Tatars and Turks, as well as a number against Muscovy and Sweden.
		In 1643, Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky's grand revolt began and, within a year, Kysil was thrust into the center of the conflict, often entrusted with the most sensitive negotiations.
		A senator from 1645, made castellan of Kyiv and Bratslav in 1646, in 1651 he was appointed voivode of Kyiv.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1999/189914.shtml (428 words)

	Battle of Beresteczko
		History -- Military history -- List of battles -- History of Poland -- History of Ukraine -- The Deluge[?]
		The Polish army had around 57,000 troops, the Ukrainians around 100,000 plus 25,000 Tatar cavalry.
		As a result, Chmielnicki was forced to sign the Treaty of Biała Cerkwia[?] (Bila Tserkva in Ukrainian) with the Poles.
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battle_of_Beresteczko.html (128 words)

	Pripyat Marshes of Ukraine, RGS 1998 Ralph Brown Expedition: report by Mr M.T. Clarke
		In the latter may be found a sarcophagus containing the remains of a number of Cossacks who fell in battle against the Poles.
		In the case of a number of the German grave markers and the odd Austro-Hungarian grave stone useful information could be gleaned from their inscriptions.
		When cross referenced with the orders of battle we were given in Lutsk this became of greater value.
	www.minter.demon.co.uk /brown/results/clarke.htm (2749 words)

	Busk
		During the War of liberation under the leadership of B.Khmelnitskij the army of Cossacks and peasants captured the town before the battle near Berestechko (1651).
		The President of the West Ukrainian Peoples Republic Evgen Petrushevich 1863-1940) the famous Ukrainian philologist, etnographers and art critic Illarion Svencickij (1876-1936) were born here.
		The private trade-production enterprise "Bug" enlarges the scale of its activity.The town of Bus`k is situated on the crossing of the important international and state highways
	www.storkcity.org /html/busk.html (1475 words)

	Rovno - Ukrainian cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The museum -reserve is situated on the island of Zhuravlykha (Crane) in the riverhead of the Styr River.
		The museum was established in 1966 in honour of the Cossacks who fell in action in the battle of Berestechko in 1651 during the Liberation War of the Ukrainian people 1648-1653.
		The museum-reserve includes the Temple-monument and the wooden church built in 1650.
	ukrainian-city.youmemarriage.com /rivne.html (405 words)

	Berestechko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Berestechko (Ukrainian: Берестечко; Polish: Beresteczko) is a city in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.
		Near the town took place the Battle of Berestechko.
		This page was last modified 03:22, 6 September 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berestechko (53 words)

	Lina Kostenko’s new historical novel diagnoses current society "ДЕНЬ"
		It was the fifth battle in his war, following those of Zhovti Vody, Korsun, Pyliavka, and Zboriv.
		It had aged a thousand years.” Lina Kostenko’s novel, written as Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s monologue, has the Battle of Berestechko as the starting point, a center from which force fields spread to the past and future.
		Khmelnytsky would pull himself together, summon the men under his banner and shake the Polish kingdom hard again in the Battle of Batih, but it would be as though some fatal force were driving him into a “dragon’s mouth” (Valery Shevchuk).
	day.kiev.ua /253556 (1177 words)

	A Jew Among the Cossacks - New York Times
		Babel kept a journal, sometimes recording fragments of experience on the spot, at other times giving himself instructions on what to put in his dispatches to The Red Cavalryman, a newspaper for the troops; "1920 Diary" is the first English translation of this campaign journal.
		Even more than certain episodes scattered throughout "Red Cavalry," Babel's "1920 Diary" is a precursor of Holocaust literature, and more powerful in its effect than any Holocaust literature that I have managed to read.
		Poles and Cossacks alike, when they were not battling against one another, competed in torturing, raping and murdering the Jews caught up in the battle zone.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E2DA1E39F937A35755C0A963958260 (630 words)

	Russian Great War History - 1916
		Russians claim success in battle 7 miles southeast of Halicz.
		Romanians are victorious in two day battle at Merisor.
		Large battle begins near Zlota-Lipa and Brzezany in Galicia.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1914_History_1916.htm (3607 words)

	30 Jun History: This Date
		After a slow two-day march, the wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Little Big Horn reach the steamboat Far West.
		By signing and drawing on the ground, the Indian managed to convey that there had been a battle but the men did not understand its outcome.
		The Seven Days' Battles continue at Glendale (White Oak Swamp, or Frayser's Farm), Virginia, as rebel General Robert E. Lee [19 Jan 1807 – 12 Oct 1870] has a chance to deal a decisive blow against the Army of the Potomac of Union Major General George B. McClellan [03 Dec 1826 — 29 Oct 1885].
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4jun/h4jun30.html (8424 words)

	Proving galizien wrong - SCC Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		After his death in battle, soon after, the country fell into civil war as his sons struggled for power, all those territories were lost to Rus for good.
		Hmm, Khmelnitsky occupied most of land around Lviv without a fight except for Lviv itself, which was a large city inhabited mostly by Poles and Jews.
		Then Volhyn, Cossacks were defeated near small town Berestechko and it was within borders of newborn Cossack state.
	www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=7103 (6629 words)

	MERSH Alpha
		Battle of the Nations: see Leipzig,Battle of (1813)
		Battle on the Ice: see Alexander Nevskii
		Battle Organization of the Social Rev Party Frederick W. Skinner
	www.uoregon.edu /~kimball/MRW.tblC.htm (3320 words)

	Father of Psychological Warfare "ДЕНЬ"
		For example, on the eve of the victorious Battle of Korsun in late May 1648, Khmelnytsky managed to withhold information on the true state of affairs in his camp and spread false rumors about his army’s strength.
		As a result, Polish commander Potocki began to avoid battle, lost the strategic initiative, and suffered a psychological defeat well before the battle itself.
		The psychological factor also decided the victorious outcome of the Battle of Pyliava in September of the same year.
	www.day.kiev.ua /rus/2002/67 (1406 words)

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