Siege of Hlukhiv

Siege of Hlukhiv
	Part of the Muscovite–Polish War (1654–1667)
Date	22 January — 9 February 1664
Location	Hlukhiv, Hlukhiv Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate
Result	Muscovite–Cossack victory Retreat of the Crown Army; Unsuccessful Siege by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth;
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ; Crimean Khanate; Right Bank Cossacks	Tsardom of Muscovy ; Cossack Hetmanate
Commanders and leaders
John II Casimir ; John III Sobieski ; Stefan Czarniecki ; Stanisław Potocki; Ivan Bohun	Grigory Romodanovsky ; Avraam Lopukhin ; Ivan Briukhovetsky ; Vasyl Dvoretsky
Strength
50,000–53,000	45,000
Casualties and losses
4,000–4,200 killed and wounded	Light

The Siege of Hlukhiv (Ukrainian: Облога Глухова, Глухів, Russian: Осада Глухова, Глухов, Polish: Oblężenie Głuchowa, Głuchów; January 22 — 9 February 1664). Was a battle of the Muscovite–Polish War (1654–1667). Near the site of the present-day city of Hlukhiv in Ukraine, a forces of the Polish King John II Casimir, numbering around 50,000–53,000 men, unsuccessfully besieged the Muscovite–Ukrainian Garrison of Hlukhiv and finally retreated under pressure from the Muscovite and Ukrainian Armies under the command of the Muscovite Prince Grigory Romodanovsky and the Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Briukhovetsky. The Siege and the following retreat, during which the Crown Army and Crimean Tatars became the target of the Muscovite and Ukrainian Attacks with around 45,000 men, proved to be one of the worst defeats in the whole course of war. The Polish King John II Casimir miraculously survived and was able to escape from the battlefield.

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