Raid on Tiahynka

Raid on Tiahynka
Part of the Cossack raids and Cossack naval campaigns
Date 1 August 1492 Location Near Tiahynka, Ottoman Empire (now Ukraine) Result Cossack victory
Belligerents
Zaporozhian Cossacks	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Bohdan Glynsky	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
None	1 ship captured
Lots of captives freed

The Raid on Tiahynka was a naval engagement that took place in August of 1492 between the fleet of the Ottoman Empire and the Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Bohdan Glynsky near the fortress of Tiahyn (now the village of Tiahynka, Ukraine) and ended in a Cossack success.

Background

In 1491, the lands where the Tiagyn castle is located were reconquered by the Crimean Khanate, and the fortress was rebuilt by the crimean khan Mengli I Giray, it became one of the forposts from which the Tatars raided Ruthenian lands.

Action

On 1 of August 1492, the Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Bohdan Glynsky launched a campaign into the Dnieper, where they clashed with the Ottoman fleet. As a result of battle, the Cossacks captured an Ottoman ship, thus freeing the slaves from captivity.

Aftermath

After the battle, Khan Mengli I Geray sent a complaint to the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander Jagiellon about the "Circassian actions against the Crimean fleet". This battle is the first recorded campaign of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and is considered by some historians as a date of the creation of Zaporozhian Host.

Legacy

In 1992, a monument commemorating the first Cossack battle against the Ottoman Empire was installed in the village.