AI illustration
Imagined river crossing; troop positions are interpretive.
Battle
Battle of Chudniv
14 X 1660
DocumentedPolish forces under Potocki and Lubomirski defeated a Russian army at Chudniv. War in the east continued despite peace with Sweden.
- Names and variants
- pl Bitwa pod Cudnowem
Victory in a separate war
On 14 October 1660 troops under Stanisław Rewera Potocki and Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski defeated Vasily Sheremetev’s Russian army at Chudniv. The defeated force withdrew into a camp and was then besieged1.
After Oliva
The battle took place more than five months after peace with Sweden. It belonged to the separate war with Russia, which had begun in 1654 and led to a truce in 166712.
Notes
- Oś czasu – wydarzenia 1660–1665, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie
- Początek wojny Rosji z Rzeczypospolitą, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie
Sources for this page
- Oś czasu – wydarzenia 1660–1665, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie (Institution)
- Początek wojny Rosji z Rzeczypospolitą, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie (Institution)