Battle of Kutyszcze
| Battle of Kutyszcze | |||||||
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| Part of Battle of Chudnov and Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) | |||||||
The hetman's guard by W. Pawliszak. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Władysław Wilczkowski Stanisław Wyżycki | Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 140 | 3,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed | Heavy | ||||||
The Battle of Kutyszcze took place on 26 September 1660, during the Polish-Russian War of 1654—1667, and was part of a campaign conducted by the Crown army under the command of Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski and Stanisław Rewera Potocki, supported by Tatar forces. Their objective was to destroy the Russian-Cossack army under Vasyl Sheremetev and Tymofy Tzciura, before they joined forces with the troops of Yurii Khmelnytsky.