Battle of Piatka

Battle of Piatka
	Part of Kosiński Uprising
Date	February 2, 1593
Location	Piatka, in modern Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Result	Polish-Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth	insurgent Cossacks
Commanders and leaders
Janusz Ostrogski,; Aleksander Wiśniowiecki	Krzysztof Kosiński
Strength
Pospolite ruszenie of the voivodships: Kiev, Bratslav, Volhynian,; private troops of Prince Janusz Ostrogski	5,000 Cossacks,; 26 cannons
Casualties and losses
Very light	to 3,000 killed,; 26 cannons

Battle of Piatka (Ukrainian: П'ятка, Polish: Piątka, Piątek), (February 2, 1593) was a battle of the Kosiński Uprising. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Janusz Ostrogski defeated the Cossacks forces under the command of Krzysztof Kosiński.

References

Leszek Podhorodecki: Sicz zaporoska. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1978.
Władysław A. Serczyk: Na dalekiej Ukrainie: Dzieje Kozaczyzny do 1648 roku. Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1984. ISBN 83-08-01214-0.

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