The Zaporozhian Cossacks were people who lived beyond the rapids of Dnieper who played an important role in the history of Ukraine. This is the list of battles that involves the Zaporozhian Cossacks and their states, such as the Zaporozhian Sich and the Cossack Hetmanate from XV century until 1775, when Cossack Hetmanate were abolished by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great. This list also includes the battles that involve the Haidamaks, a Ukrainian Cossack paramilitary units that were active in the Right-Bank Ukraine from 1734 to 1768.
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Date Battle Modern Location Conflict Result1489Attack on the Muscovite convoynear TavanCossack raids into Russia and Muscovite–Lithuanian WarsVictory1492Raid on TiahynkaTiahynka castle, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1493Sack of OchakovOchakov, Ottoman EmpireCossack raids Victory1521Siege of Pereyaslavl-RiazanskiyRyazanCrimean invasion of Russia (1521)Defeat1528Ochakov campaignOchakov, Ottoman EmpireCossack raids and Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1532Siege of CherkasyCherkasy, Right-Bank UkraineCrimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1534Battle of Zaslav (1534)IziaslavCrimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1545Raid on OchakovOchakov, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1557–1558Tatar attacks on KhortytsiaZaporozhiaCrimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1559CrimeaCossack raids and Russo-Crimean WarsVictory1559Raid on Islam-KermenIslam-KermenCossack raids and the 1559 Crimean campaignDefeat1559Raid on OchakovOchakovCossack raids and the 1559 Crimean campaignVictory1561Battle of VerbiaDimăcheniMoldavian Magnate WarsVictory1563Moldavian campaign of Dmytro VyshnevetskyMoldaviaMoldavian Magnate Wars and the 1563 Moldavian noble rebellionDefeat1572Battle of MolodiMolodi, 50 km south of MoscowRusso–Crimean War (1571–1572)Victory1574Battle of JilișteJiliște, MoldaviaMoldavian campaign (1574)Victory1574Battle of the Cahul (1574)Cahul, MoldaviaMoldavian campaign (1574)Defeat Death of John the Terrible1575Crimean campaign (1575)CrimeaCossack raidsVictory1577Moldavian campaign (1577)MoldaviaCossack raidsVictory1577Battle of IașiIași, MoldaviaCossack raids and Pidkova's Moldavian campaign (1577)Victory Ivan Pidkova captures Iași1578Wallachian campaign of Yakiv ShahWallachiaCossack raidsVictory1589Crimean campaignCrimeanCossack raidsInconclusive1591Battle of PereyaslavPereyaslav, Left-Bank UkraineKosiński uprisingVictory1593Battle of PiatkaPiatka, now UkraineKosiński uprisingDefeat1593Siege of CherkasyCherkasy, now UkraineKosiński uprisingDefeat1593–1595Moldavian campaignsMoldaviaCossack raids and Long Turkish WarVictory1594Siege of OrheiOrheiMoldavian campaignsVictory1594Raid on TighinaTighina (Bender), MoldaviaMoldavian campaignsVictory1594Cossack raid on PodoliaPodoliaNalyvaiko UprisingVictory1595Battle of CălugăreniCălugăreniLong Turkish WarVictory1595Battle of GiurgiuGiurgiuLong Turkish WarVictory1596Battle of KeresztesKeresztesLong Turkish WarDefeat1595–1596White Ruthenia campaignModern BelarusNalyvaiko UprisingVictory1596 Battle of Bila TserkvaBila Tserkva, now UkraineNalyvaiko UprisingDefeat1596 near KanivNalyvaiko UprisingInconclusive1596Battle of Lubnynear LubnyNalyvaiko UprisingDefeat1599Samiylo Kishka's rebellionBlack SeaCossack raidsVictory Samiylo Kishka returns to Ukraine1599Battle of MirăslăuMirăslăuLong Turkish WarVictory1600Battle of ȘelimbărȘelimbărLong Turkish WarVictory1601Battle of GuruslăuGuruslăuLong Turkish WarDefeat1602Cossack raid on KiliiaKiliiaCossack raidsVictory1602Livonian campaignLivoniaPolish–Swedish War (1600–1611)Victory1606Raid on Kiliya and AkkermanKiliia, AkkermanCossack raidsVictory1606Battle of Varna (1606)Varna, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1607Raid on OchakovOchakovCossack raidsVictory1608Raid on PerekopPerekop, CrimeaCossack raidsVictory1609Raids on Kiliya, Izmail and AkkermanKiliia, Izmail, AkkermanCossack raidsVictory1609-1612Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611)SmolenskPolish–Russian War (1609–1618)Victory1612Battle of Bila TserkvaBila TserkvaCrimean-Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1614Raid on TrabzonTrabzon, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1614Raid on SinopSinop, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1615Raid on IstanbulIstanbul, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory First Cossack raid on the Ottoman capital1616Cossack raid on North AnatoliaAnatolian peninsulaCossack raidsVictory1616Battle of SamaraSamaraCrimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1616Battle of Kaffa (1616)KaffaCossack raidsVictory1617Raid on IstanbulIstanbul, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1618Battle of YeletsYelets, Tsardom of RussiaPrince Władysław's March on MoscowVictory1618Battle of LivnyLivny, Tsardom of RussiaPrince Władysław's March on MoscowVictory1618 Kolomna, Tsardom of RussiaPrince Władysław's March on MoscowVictory1618 Donskoy Monastery, Moscow, Tsardom of RussiaPrince Władysław's March on MoscowVictory1618Battle of OryninOrynin,PodoliaCrimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeDefeat1618Siege of Moscow (1618)Moscow, Tsardom of RussiaPrince Władysław's March on MoscowTruce of Deulino1620Second raid on VarnaVarna, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1620Raid on IstanbulIstanbul, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1621Battle of Khotyn (1621)Khotyn, Principality of MoldaviaPolish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)Victory End of the Polish-Ottoman war Ottoman invasion of the Commonwealth halted1621Raid on TrebizondTrebizond, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsDefeat1624Raid on IstanbulIstanbul, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1624Crimean campaign (1624)Crimean KhanateOttoman-Crimean-Zaporozhian conflict (1624–1629)Victory1624Battle of KarasubazarKarasubazar, Crimean KhanateCrimean campaign (1624)Victory1624Crimean-Cossack capture of KaffaKaffa, Ottoman EmpireCrimean campaign (1624)Victory1624Battle of MartynówNoviy MartinivCrimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1625Battle of KaraharmanNear Karaharman, Black SeaCossack raidsDefeat1625Battle of Kurukovo LakeKurukovo Lake, now UkraineZhmaylo uprisingInconclusive1626 Battle of Poti (1626)Poti, now GeorgiaCossack raidsDefeat1626Battle of Bila TserkvaBila TserkvaCrimean-Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1628Crimean campaignCrimeaCossack raidsDefeat Death of Mykhailo Doroshenko1629Battle of BursztynNear Bursztyn Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthCossack raidsVictory1628Battle of the AlmaAlma, Crimean KhanateCrimean campaignVictory Siege of Bakhchysarai lifted1628Battle near Kaffa (1628)Kaffa, Ottoman EmpireCrimean campaignVictory1628Siege of KaffaKaffa, Ottoman EmpireCrimean campaignDefeat1629Raid on IstanbulIstanbul, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsVictory1630Battle of Ochakov (1630)Ochakov, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsDefeat1630Battle of KorsunKorsunFedorovych uprisingVictory1630 PereiaslavFedorovych uprisingTreaty of Pereiaslav1632Siege of DorogobuzhDorogobuzhSmolensk WarDefeat1632Siege of Novhorod-SiverskyiNovhorod-SiverskyiSmolensk WarDefeat1632–1633Siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)Smolensk, Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthSmolensk WarVictory1633Sack of ValuykiValuyki, Tsardom of RussiaSmolensk WarVictory1633First Siege of BelgorodBelgorod, Tsardom of RussiaSmolensk WarDefeat1633Siege of PutyvlPutyvl, Tsardom of RussiaSmolensk WarDefeat1633Battle of KamianetsKamianets-PodilskyiPolish–Ottoman War (1633–1634)Victory1634Shchelkanovo, Tsardom of RussiaSmolensk WarVictory1634Second Siege of BelgorodBelgorod, Tsardom of RussiaSmolensk WarDefeat1635Capture of KodakKodak, ZaporozhiaSulyma uprisingVictory1635Battle of Pillau (1635)Near BaltiyskPolish–Swedish conflict (1635)Victory1637Cherkasy, Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthPavliuk uprisingVictory1637 PereyaslavPavliuk uprisingVictory1637Battle of KumeykiKumeykiPavliuk uprisingDefeat1637–1642Siege of AzovAzov, Ottoman EmpireCossack raidsMilitary victory Ottoman-led assaults on Azov were repelled1638Melecki's punitive campaignUkraineOstryanyn uprisingVictory1638Battle of GovtvaGovtva, now UkraineOstryanyn uprisingVictory1638Hunia's raid on Dnieper and Left-Bank UkraineLeft-bank Ukraine, Dnieper riverOstryanyn uprising and Cossack raidsVictory1638Battle of ZhovnynZhovnynOstryanyn uprisingDefeat1638Siege on Starzec riverStarzec riverOstryanyn uprisingDefeat1639–1642Pivtora-Kozhukha insurgencyZaporozhia, Wild FieldsAftermath of the Ostryanyn uprisingDefeat1644Battle of Okhmativ (1644)OkhmativCrimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern EuropeVictory1646Siege of Dunkirk (1646) (disputedSome historians had claimed before that some Cossack mercenaries had participated in the battle, possibly involving Ivan Sirko or Bohdan Khmelnytsky. However, several historians had disproved the Cossack participation in the battle.)Dunkirk, now FranceThirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' WarVictory1648Attack on KhortytsiaKhortytsia island, ZaporozhiaKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648Battle of Zhovti VodyZhovti VodyKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648Battle of KorsuńKorsun-ShevchenkivskyiKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648Siege of KodakKodak fortressKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648 Battle of MakhnivkaMakhnivkaKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648Battle of KostiantynivStarokostiantynivKhmelnytsky UprisingDisputed1648Siege of PrzemyślPrzemyślKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1648Siege of Stary BykhawStary BykhawKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1648Siege of KremenetsKremenets castleKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648First Siege of BarBar, now UkraineKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648Battle of PohostPohostKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1648Battle of Slutsk (1648)SlutskKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1648Battle of PyliavtsiPyliavtsiKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648Siege of Lvov (1648)Lviv, Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthKhmelnytsky UprisingCossack forces lift the siege after receiving a ransom1648Siege of Vysokyi ZamokVysokyi Zamok, LvivKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1648Siege of Zamość (1648)ZamośćKhmelnytsky UprisingCossack withdrawal following the agreement1648Pinsk UprisingPinskKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649Second Siege of BarBar, now UkraineKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649Siege of BabruyskBabruyskKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649Battle of MazyrMazyrKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649First Battle of LoyewLoyew, now BelarusKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649Battle of ZahalZahalKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649Battle of RzeczycaRzeczycaKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649Siege of ZbarazhZbarazhKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1649Battle of ZborivZborivKhmelnytsky UprisingTreaty of Zboriv Creation of the Cossack Hetmanate1649Battle of Zaslav (1649)IziaslavKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat 1650Moldavian campaignMoldaviaKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1651Battle of KrasneKrasne, Khmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1651Siege of Stina (1651)StinaKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1651Siege of VinnytsiaVinnytsia, Cossack HetmanateKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1651Battle of Lypovets (1651)Lypovets, Cossack HetmanateKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1651Battle of KopychyntsiKopychyntsi, Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1651Battle of BerestechkoBerestechko, Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1651Battle of Blue Waters (1651)Blue Waters, Cossack HetmanateKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1651Battle of Loyew (1651)Loyew, now BelarusKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1651Capture of Kyiv (1651)Kyiv, Cossack HetmanateKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1651Battle of Taborivkanear Bila Tserkva, Cossack HetmanateKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1651Battle of Bila TserkvaBila Tserkva, Cossack HetmanateKhmelnytsky UprisingTreaty of Bila Tserkva1652Battle of BatihBatih hill near LadyzhynKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1652Siege of Kameniec (1652)Kameniec PodolskiKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat1652Wedding Moldavian campaignMoldaviaKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1653Battle of MonastyryshcheMonastyryshcheKhmelnytsky UprisingVictory1653Moldavian campaignMoldaviaKhmelnytsky UprisingDefeat Death of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky