Siege

Sieges of Pereiaslav

1661 – 1662 · 50.07° N, 31.45° E

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When
1661 – 1662
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
50.07° N, 31.45° E
Description
episodes of the Ruin and the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667

Placed at the town its title names, Pereiaslav.

Sieges of Pereiaslav

The sieges of Pereiaslav in 1661–1662 are episodes of the Ruin and the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667.Yuri Khmelnitsky, the Hetman of Right-Bank Ukraine, who went over to the side of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, twice attempted to take Pereiaslav, which was defended by his uncle, Yakym Somko, who led the Left-Bank opposition to Khmelnitsky, and a garrison of tsarist troops led by Prince Volkonsky-Verigin.

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