Battle of Poti (1626)
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The Battle on Poti[a] was a naval battle that took place between the Zaporozhian Cossacks and the Ottoman fleet in the spring of 1626,[2] ending the Cossack expedition to Georgia.
| Battle of Poti | |||||||
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| Part of the Cossack raids and Cossack naval campaigns | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Zaporozhian Cossacks | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Mykhailo Doroshenko | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 60 chaykas | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Several killed and captured 30 chaykas destroyed and captured | ||||||
  Location within Georgia | |||||||
Background
Following the Treaty of Kurukove, Mykhailo Doroshenko was elected as the hetman of registered Cossacks. In early 1626, he gathered 60 chaykas for a raid on the Black sea coast of Caucasus.[2] Before this, the Zaporozhian and Don Cossacks led by Oleksiy Shafran jointly raided Trabzon.[3]
Cossack campaign and battle
In the spring of 1626, the Cossack fleet that consisted of 60 chaykas had set off for a raid to the coast of Georgia. The Cossack squadron reached the mouth of river Rioni near Poti, where it was caught up and defeated by the Ottoman fleet.[2][4] The Cossacks lost 30 chaykas – 20 were destroyed and 10 were captured.[4]
Aftermath
Despite the defeat, Cossacks continued their campaigns on the sea. In summer of the same year, the Zaporozhian and Don Cossacks had set off on a raid to the Bosporus, where they fought an unsuccessful battle against an Ottoman fleet and lost approximately 25 chaykas.[5] In October 1626, the Cossacks of Mykhailo Doroshenko jointly with the Polish units of Stanislaw Chmielecki defeated the Tatar raiders at Bila Tserkva.[6]