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Battle Of Chițcani (1683)
Battle of Chițcani (1683) was a battle of the united Cossack troops of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of the Right-bank Hetman Stefan Kunicki and Moldavian army Ștefan Petriceicu with detachments of the Budjak Horde on 5 December 1683 during at the beginning of the Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699), Polish-Ottoman War (1683–1699). History On 23 July 1683, the council of the Right-bank Cossacks in the presence of 40 chiefs appealed to the Polish king John III Sobieski with a request to accept the Right Bank Cossacks under his authority and allow a campaign against the Turkish possessions. On 24 August of the same year, the Polish monarch appointed Stefan Kunicki as hetman of the Right-bank Zaporizhian Cossacks.Чухліб Тарас. Гетьман С. Куницький у боротьбі Правобережної України та Речі Посполитої проти Османської імперії (168 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chițcani
Chițcani ( mo-Cyrl, Кицкань, ; ; ) is a commune in Căușeni District, in south-eastern Moldova. It consists of the village ''Chițcani'' and two small villages (hamlets), ''Merenești'' and ''Zahorna''. Chițcani is situated to the south-east of the city of Tighina (Bender). The locality, although situated on the right (western) bank of the river Dniester, is under the control of the breakaway Transnistrian authorities. On the opposite side of the river lies the city of Tiraspol. The village is also well known as the home of the Noul Neamț Monastery. The monastery was closed when Moldova was under the Soviet Union. It was then used as a hospital, a storehouse, then as a makeshift museum. History Chițcani is one of the oldest recorded villages in Moldova, its history dating back to 1367. The name of the village means 'shrews' in Romanian. In the interwar period, the village was part of ''Plasa Căușani'' of Tighina County in Romania. During the 1992 War of Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
