Battle of Kuialnyk
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| Battle of Kuialnyk | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman-Cossack Conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Zaporozhian Cossacks |
 Crimean Khanate Budjak Horde Ottoman Janissaries | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ivan Sirko Mykhailo Khanenko |
Nurredin-Sultan Murza Tenmambet (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 10,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Heavy combat losses; 3 captured[2] | ||||||
The Battle of Kuialnyk took place between the Zaporozhian Cossacks and Crimean-Budjak-Ottoman Janissary forces, when the Cossacks were returning from their campaign in Wallachia, resulting in a Cossack victory and capture of Budjak Murza, at the beginning of 1672.
Ivan Sirko and Mykhailo Khanenko jointly took part in a campaign into Wallachia, where they ravaged several settlements and were returning with loot.[2] Cossacks were passing through the lands of Budjak Horde and were in the steppe beyond Kuialnyk.[2][3] They encountered Crimean lord Nurredin-Sultan, who was moving from Ochakiv together with Budjak Murza Tenmambet, while being accompanied by Ottoman Janissaries with cannon.[2]