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Battle of Chigirin
1677
July-August 1677
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Turkish Invasion of theA renewed Turkish attempt on the Ukraine following defeat at Zurawno (1676

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Kara Ibrahim Pasha and 100,000 men cross the Dneiper and besiege Chigirin, held by 32,000 Russians under Grigori Romodanovski and 25,000 Cossacks led by Ivan Samoilovych. Ibrahim withdrew after stubborn defence and was dismissed, but Chigirin fell the next year to a fresh assault.


   
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