Colonel Wolodyjowski
Pan Wołodyjowski
In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
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A war between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire, involving Crimean Tatar forces and fought chiefly over Podolia and neighboring Ukrainian territories.
Open profile →Federative polity joining the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Union of Lublin in 1569 until the third partition of 1795, with a shared monarch and parliamentary institutions.
Open profile →Strategic fortress in Podolia, besieged and captured by Ottoman forces in 1672.
Open profile →Fortress on the Dniester and site of the Commonwealth victory over the Ottoman army on 11 November 1673.
Open profile →Southeastern region of the Commonwealth and the principal theater of the 1672 Ottoman campaign.
Open profile →Political center of the Commonwealth during the succession and mobilization period preceding the Ottoman invasion.
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