Battle of Wisniowiec
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The Battle of Wisniowiec (also known as the Battle of Lopuszno) took place on 28 April 1512.

The combined Polish-Lithuanian forces under Grand Crown Hetman Mikołaj Kamieniecki and Grand Lithuanian Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski
Konstanty Ostrogski
Konstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski was a Lithuanian duke of slavonic origin and a Grand Hetman of Lithuania since September 11, 1497, until his death. As a speaker of the Ruthenian language he is considered to be one of the precursors of the Belarusian language and a national hero in Belarus.He...

 defeated the raid of the Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...

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The battle was fought in Lopuszno
Lopushna
Lopushna may refer to:* Georgi Damyanovo, village* Lopushna, Varna Province, Bulgaria* Lopushna, Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine...

 near Wisniowiec.

The raids continued.
In 1516, another great Tatar raid ravaged the Woiwodschafts of Russia, Belsk, and Ljubelsk, carrying off no fewer than 50,000 captives to be sold as slaves at Kertch.
In 1519, the Tatars defeated a Polish army-corps of 5000.
In 1527, they were routed at Kaniow
Kaniów
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, when 80,000 captives were recovered.
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