[4] During the summer campaign of 1662 of Yuri Khmelnitsky, the Ukrainian hetman was defeated in the Sieges of Pereiaslav[5] and subsequently retreated to Kanev, where a battle took place between the tsar's troops and the hetman's army[6] The size of the Allied army is fairly well known, taking into account the losses they suffered at Pereyaslavl: 14,000 Cossacks, 4,000 polish and 2,000 Crimean tatars, In addition, they had 24 guns, this large group took up strong defensive positions along the Dnieper.

It was the attack of the Russian reiters and spearmen that became decisive; the hetman's army scattered and began to flee, while Yuri himself escaped through a nearby forest.

[11] As a result of the battle, The Allied army suffered a crushing defeat, the Russians took and angered Cherkassy.

[12] The battle revealed the obvious weakness of the Cossack army and opened the way for the Russians to the right-bank Ukraine.

[13] Solovyov briefly notes this battles in his work "History of Russia from Ancient Times" in Volume 11 Chapter 2:[14]...And on July 16 attacked Khmelnitsky's camps, who suffered a complete defeat.