Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Ivan Sirko

Ukrainian cossack, 1610 to 1680

Ivan Sirko is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1621 and 1670: 7 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Ukraine. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,143 km apart end to end, 306 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Khmelnytsky Uprising (6), Moldavian Magnate Wars (1).

Battle of PyliavtsiBattle of ZhvanetsSiege of OchakovBattle of KhotynBattle of Zhovti VodyBattle of KorsuńBattle of ZborivBattle of BatihBattle of KhotynBattle of Zhovti VodyBattle of KorsuńBattle of ZborivBattle of BatihChișinăuOdessaIașiZhytomyrVinnytsyaKhersonChernivtsiTernopilIvano-FrankivskKremenchuk200 km48.157N, 29.430E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1621: 1 engagements1648: 3 engagements3 in 16481649: 1 engagements1652: 1 engagements1653: 1 engagements1670: 1 engagements16211670
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Khotyn, 1621Battle of Zhovti Vody, 1648Battle of Korsuń, 1648Battle of Pyliavtsi, 1648Battle of Zboriv, 1649Battle of Batih, 1652Battle of Zhvanets, 1653Siege of Ochakov, 167016211670
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1621Battle of KhotynKhotyn, UkrainePolish-Lithuanian victory
29 April 1648Battle of Zhovti VodyPiatykhatky Raion, Ukraine533 km ECossack–Tatar victory
26 May 1648Battle of KorsuńKorsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Ukraine207 km NWCossack–Tatar victory
13 September 1648Battle of PyliavtsiPyliava, Ukraine268 km WCossack–Tatar victory
1649Battle of ZborivZboriv, Ukraine168 km WSee Aftermath; Treaty of Zboriv
1 June 1652Battle of BatihChetvertinivka, Ukraine326 km ECossack–Tatar victory
September 1653Battle of ZhvanetsZhvanets, Ukraine206 km WSee Aftermath
1670Siege of OchakovOchakiv, Ukraine436 km SECossack victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.