Crimean Khanate Raids on Eastern Europe

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1. 1660–1663The eastern Polish–Lithuanian frontier · PolandCrimean cavalry, sometimes cooperating with and sometimes opposing Cossack leaders such as Adrian Khovansky, penetrated deep into the Polish Crown lands and Ukrainian regions to plunder; the Commonwealth's frontier defenses were weak in the wake of the wars of the Deluge.
2. 1664–1667Left and Right Bank Ukraine · UkraineIn the later stages of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667), the Crimean Khanate, in line with Ottoman diplomatic orientation, launched multiple raids against Left Bank Ukraine under Muscovite control and Poland's remaining territories, carrying off captives and destroying settlements.
3. 1667–1669The southern East European frontier · Eastern EuropeAfter the Truce of Andrusovo the East European political landscape was reorganized, but Crimean raids did not cease, continuing to threaten Poland, Muscovy, and the various Cossack factions; the slave markets and steppe plundering remained the khanate's economic mainstay.