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Siege · 1672
The siege of Kamieniec Podolski was laid by the Ottoman Empire on August 18, 1672, in the Polish fortress of Kamieniec Podolski (now: Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine). It lasted until August 27, when Polish forces defending the city capitulated. During the siege, legendary Polish hero, stolnik przemyski pułkownik Jerzy Wołodyjowski led many successful sallies with light cavalry. Kamieniec Podolski, known as the "key to Podolia", had heavy, but obsolete fortifications, and a garrison of about 1500 soldiers (Poles and Lithuanians). The Ottoman army was under command of Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha and numbered 150 thousand soldiers with reinforcements from the army of Tatars, Moldavians, Wallachians and Cossacks.
| Date | 18–27 August 1672 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kamianets-Podilskyi |
| Result | Ottoman victory |
| Belligerents | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate Moldavia Wallachia Lipka Tatars |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Jerzy Wołodyjowski Mikołaj Potocki Wespazjan Lanckoroński | Mehmed IV Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha "Commander" Abdi Pasha the Albanian Selim I Giray Petro Doroshenko George Ducas Grigore I Ghica |
| Strength | 1,500 troops | 120,000 troops 100 guns |
| Casualties | 500 | 5,000–8,000 killed 10,000 wounded |
Took place during the reign of Mehmed IV (1648–1687). Mehmed IV
The atlas records this territorial change for the year:
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