Battle of Verkiai
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| Battle of Werki | |||||||
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| Part of Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) | |||||||
 Trinitary Monastery in Vilnius, Lithuania | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Russian Tsardom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski (POW) | Yury Dolgorukov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,500[1] | 8,500[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 dead, 77 prisoners[1] | |||||||
Battle of Verkiai fought in autumn of 1658 between the
Russo-Polish War (1654–67)
; it ended with Russian victory.
Russians, close to signing a peace treaty with Sweden (
Russo–Swedish War (1656–58)) decided to resume the war with Poland in order to gain control over the disputed Ruthenian territories. After the inconclusive negotiations with the Poles in Vilnius, army of prince Yury Dolgorukov attacked the Polish units guarding the Polish delegations near Verkiai. Polish troops were taken by surprise and were defeated, Russians took many prisoners, including the Polish leader, hetman Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski; Gosiewski would remain a hostage for four years. Another Polish commander, hetman Paweł Jan Sapieha
, would be later blamed for not coming to the aid of Gosiewski due to personal friction between them.
References
- Łukasz Ossoliński, "Kampania na Ukrainie 1660 roku"; doctoral thesis (University of Warsaw), 1995, available here
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