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The Battle of Kalnyk took place on 21 October 1671, during the Polish-Cossack-Tatar war of 1666-1671. The Polish crown hetman Jan Sobieski defeated the Cossack-Tatar army, which was coming to the aid of Kalnik, besieged by the Poles. Despite the victory, Sobieski failed to take Kalnik and retreated to Bratslav.
ISBN 978-1-945430-96-1. Kaczmarek, Krystyna; Kaczmarek, Remigiusz & Kaczmarek, Romuald (2005). "Jan Sobieski jako żołnierz i wódz we współczesnej mu grafice, cz. 2" [Jan Sobieski as a soldier and commander in contemporary artworks, part 2]. Wychowanie Techniczne w Szkole (Z Plastyką) (in Polish) (2): 39– 42. ISSN 0510-9884.
On October 11, Sobieski's troops crossed the Dniester and set off in pursuit of the retreating Haci Girey. After a strenuous day and night march, the crown army , in the strength of a thousand soldiers (the rest could not keep up and stayed behind), caught up with the Tatars at dawn on October 14 and smashed them in battles at Petranka and Kalush .
1,500 troops [1] 120,000 troops 100 guns [1] Casualties and losses; 500 [2] ... at the head of which Hetman Jan Sobieski crushed the Turks at Chocim in November 1673 ...
John III Sobieski Monument (Polish: Pomnik Jana III Sobieskiego) is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district, in the Royal Baths Park. It is a sandstone equestrian statue of John III Sobieski , monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696, commemorating his victory in the ...
[1] The diplomatic approaches between the courts can be traced to the correspondence between John III himself with a trusted advisor to Kangxi, Flemish Franciscan Ferdinand Verbiest . On 17 November 1685 Verbiest sent via Nicola Avancini a congratulatory letter to the King of Poland for his role in the victory over the Ottoman Empire at the ...
On May 1, 1683, the Ottoman Empire attacked the Holy Roman Empire and besieged Vienna on July 14, 1683. [1] On September 6 the Polish army under John III Sobieski arrived in Tulln and united with Imperial forces and additional troops from Saxony, Bavaria, Baden, Franconia and Swabia who had answered the call for a Holy League that was supported by Pope Innocent XI.
Luksusowa Vodka (Polish: Wódka luksusowa) is a brand of vodka from Poland that is distilled from potatoes. [1] [2] [3] The Polish word luksusowa means "luxury"; thus in English-language markets, it is also referred to as Luksusowa Luxury Vodka. [4] Luksusowa has been in continuous production since 1928, [1] [2] [3] making it one of the oldest ...