Battle of Chyhyryn

Timeline

1. 1618Zaporozhian Sich · UkraineIn autumn 1618, Zaporozhian Cossack Hetman Petro Sahaidachny organized a large-scale expedition in the context of the Muscovite-Polish War, aiming to strike Polish rule in Ukraine and support Russia's resistance. The Cossack army set out from the Sich with tens of thousands of men.
2. 1618Chyhyryn · UkraineOn the expedition the Cossacks besieged and captured Chyhyryn, one of the important towns taken in the 1618 campaign. Located on the right bank of the Dnieper, Chyhyryn was strategically significant, and its fall weakened Polish control over central Ukraine.
3. 1618central Ukraine (toward Kiev) · UkraineAfter Chyhyryn fell, the Cossack army continued north, and the 1618 expedition eventually approached Kiev. Poland was forced to divert troops from the main front against Russia to meet the Cossack threat, objectively creating conditions for the Deulino truce negotiations of December that year.