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Battle of Berestechko
The Battle of Berestechko (Beresteczko) in Volhynia, Ukraine, one of the largest battles of the 17th century, part of the Chmielnicki Uprising, lasted from June 28 to June 30, 1651, between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army under King Jan II Casimir and Cossack and Ukrainian peasant forces, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and their Crimean Tatar allies. The Polish army had around 150,000 troops, the Cossacks around 100,000 plus 40,000 Crimean Tatar cavalry.
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