Battle of Piatka explained

Conflict:Battle of Piatka
Partof:Kosiński Uprising
Date:February 2, 1593
Place:Piatka, in modern Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Result:Polish-Lithuanian victory
Combatant1: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Combatant2:insurgent Cossacks
Commander1: Janusz Ostrogski,
Aleksander Wiśniowiecki
Commander2: Krzysztof Kosiński
Strength1:Pospolite ruszenie of the voivodships: Kiev, Bratslav, Volhynian,
private troops of Prince Janusz Ostrogski
Strength2:5,000 Cossacks,
26 cannons
Casualties1:Very light
Casualties2:to 3,000 killed,
26 cannons

Battle of Piatka or Battle of Piątek (Ukrainian: П'ятка, Polish: Piątka, Piątek), (February 2, 1593) took place during the Kosiński Uprising. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Janusz Ostrogski defeated the Cossacks forces under the command of Krzysztof Kosiński.

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