THE BATTLE OF PYLIAVTSI IN 1648
By autumn 1648 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi's army had declared itself on the battlefields several times. At the time the Cossacks gradually moved westwards across the area of Podillya. Rzeczpospolita government, that had just claimed to break up the "slap riot" with lashes, completely evaluated the level of threat and, on mobilizing all resources available, commenced preparations for the general battle. The crown troops and Rzeczpospolita noble movement assembled near the town of Pyliava (in Polish Pilawce) in the northern part of today's Khmelnytskyi region.
Wladyslaw Dominik Zaslawski. Portrait by B. Strobel
The Cossack army encamped on the right bank of the Ikva River that at the moment was called Pyliavka. At the same time the Cossack infantrymen took a posit
