close to 80,000 Cossacks and Polish troops fought against 160,000 Turkish army. The battle held at bay for a whole month, until the first snow compelled Osman II to withdraw his weakened forces. Sahaidachny and his army played a significant role in the battle, forcing the Turks to sign an unfavorable peace treaty. During the battle, Sahaidachny was seriously wounded. After the battle, the Polish king sent Sahaidachny a sword in recognition of his services. Death On 20 April 1622 Sahaidachny died in Kiev from wounds he suffered at the Battle of Khotyn. He was later buried in the Bratsky Monastery of Kiev. He left his assets to the brotherhood schools in Kiev and Lviv for church causes. His legacy was so great, that most of the population of Kiev attended his funeral en masse. Sahaidachny's work, About Union, was highly regarded by the Lithuanian Kanclerz Lew Sapieha. In 1646, John III Sobieski, a monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, said the following about Sahaidachny: Polish historian Jan Widacki wrote that Konashevych-Sahaidachny was among Zaporozhian hetmans the one most loyal to Poland. He was a supporter of the Polish-Ukrainian military cooperation against the enemies of the Commonwealth. Legacy Frigate "Hetman Sahaidachny" – a flagship of the Ukrainian Navy for over 20 years. National Ground Forces Academy in Lviv is named after hetman Petro Sahaydachyi.Germany to send military advisers to Ukraine, UNIAN (9 December 2016) In 2001 a monument dedicated to Petro Konashevich-Sagaydachniy was erected in Kyiv, on Kontraktova Square. The authors of the monument are Valeriy Shvetsov, Oles Sydoruk and Boris Krylov. After the March 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea the monument to Konashevych-Sahaidachny in Sevastopol was removed and handed over to Kharkiv. (Where it was unveiled in August 2015.) In Ukraine, there are a number of Petro Sahaidachny streets. In honor of Petro Sagaydachny, a higher military educational institution was named - the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Petro Sagaydachny See also List of Ukrainian rulers References Further reading External links Lubomyr Wynar, Arkadii Zhukovsky, Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Petro, article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988) Orest's Digital Journal — Petro Konashevych Sahaidachny Petro Kononovych Sahaydachnyi at the UKROP encyclopedia Dariusz Matelski, Grabież dóbr kultury w wojnach Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów (1569-1795) [Plunder of Cultural Property during wars the Commonwealth of the Two Nations 1569-1795)'', Poznań 2005. www.az-kiev.info 1580s births 1622 deaths Year of birth uncertain