Kanevskaya battle on July 16, 1662

16 (26) July 1662 Moskovsky"s troops won their greatest victory in the Russian-Polish war 1654-1667. As the total number of battleways and the losses of the loser side. In the Kanevsky battle, the enemy lost 8 thousand killed, prisoners and drowned in the Dnieper. As trophies, the winners got 117 banners, 22 guns and all conversation convergence. The paradox is that this battle is almost unknown by historians. Moreover, the victory of the Russian troops and the faithful king of the Cossacks of the left shore of the Dnieper was trying to forget shortly after the completion of the war with the speech of the associate. The reason for such a relationship to Kanevskaya Victoria is quite simple: the main opponent of the Russian army in this battle was the Cossacks of the Right Bank of Ukraine under the post of Hetman Yuri Khmelnitsky, who fought on the side of the Polish king