This conflict gave emergence to the legend of the Hetman and the King. Sobieski showed how much he could

Zdjęcie: Józef Brandt Potyczka z Tatarami / Marcello Bacciarelli, Jan III Sobieski pod Wiedniem Źródło: Wikimedia Commons


In October 1667 around Podhajec (today Ukraine) was 1 of the little celebrated but very battalions of the second half of the 17th century. The conflict of Podhayce took place as part of the Polish-Cossack-Tatar War 1666–1671, in which tiny forces of the Republic, commanded by Jan Sobieski, faced a much more many Cossack-Tatar alliance