Siege of Suceava (1653)

The siege of Suceava (Romanian: Asediul Sucevei, Ukrainian: Облога Сучави, Polish: Oblężenie Suczawy; 22 July – 9 October, 1653) was fought between the Principalities of Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Principality of Moldavia and Cossack Hetmanate as a part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day city of Suceava in Romania, a forces of Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of Princes Gheorghe Ștefan, Matei Basarab and John Kemény, Colonels Henryk Dehoff, Jan Kodracki and Sebastian Machowski defeated and held besieged the positions of the Moldavians and Zaporozhian Cossacks under the command of Voivode Vasile Lupu, Otaman Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, who was killed in the battle and Mykola Fedorovych in the Suceava Castle.

Siege of Suceava (1653)
Part of the Moldavian campaign of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky during the Khmelnytsky Uprising

The Suceava Castle in the present-day of the Suceava County in Romania
Date22 July – 9 October, 1653
Location
Suceava, Principality of Moldavia
Result Defeat of the Moldavians and Zaporozhian Cossacks
Belligerents
Moldavia
Wallachia
Transylvania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth		 Moldavia
Cossack Hetmanate
Commanders and leaders
Gheorghe Ștefan
Matei Basarab
John Kemény
Henryk Dehoff
Jan Kodracki
Sebastian Machowski		 Vasile Lupu
Tymofiy Khmelnytsky †
Mykola Fedorovych †
Strength

25,000–30,000 Moldavians, Wallachians, Transylvanians,
Poles and Lithuanians[1]		 1,000 Moldavians[1]
6,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks[1]
Casualties and losses
2,300 killed and wounded[2] 2,000 killed and wounded[2]

References
  1. Смолій В. А., Степанков В. С. «Богдан Хмельницький», Альтернативи, ISBN 966-7217-76-0, 2003 стор. 299
  2. Tomasz Ciesielski. "Od Batohu do Żwańca 1652–1653".

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