Battle of Buzhyn (1677)
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Battle of Buzhyn(battles near Buzhyn Carriage) — Battle of 27–28 August 1677 between the Russian-Ukrainian army under the command of Prince Grigory Romodanovsky and Hetman Ivan Samoilovich, and the Turkish-Crimean troops of Ibrahim Pasha ("Shaitan") and Khan Selim-Girey during the Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681). It took place on the coastal bridgehead near Buzhyn, near the Dnieper crossing and 20 kilometres north of Chyhyryh.
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Battle of Buzhyn (1677) | |||||||
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Part of the Russo-Turkish War and the Ruin | |||||||
Czehrin at the bottom and the Dnieper through the middle of the map (the north to the left) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russian Tsardom Cossack Hetmanate of Ivan Samoylovych |
Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ivan Samoilovich Grigory Romodanovsky |
Ibrahim Pasha ("Shaitan"). Selim I Giray | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
52,000—54,000 | 65,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,460 killed, 5,000 wounded |
10,000 killed and captured |
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