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11-582: The Battle of Obertyn took place here on August 22, 1531, fought between Moldavian Prince Petru Rareş and Polish King Zygmunt Stary. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokuttia . It formed part of the Kingdom of Poland until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Austria . Obertyn was home to one of the communities of Armenians in Poland . Following

22-529: The Moldavian cannon. One-third of the Polish cavalry then launched several successful attacks on the Moldavian left, forcing Rareş to reinforce it. He, however, left some infantry to defend his right and secure the route to Obertyn, in case he needed to retreat. The remaining Polish cavalry attacked the Moldavian right and routed it, but suffered casualties from the Moldavian artillery. A final Polish attack routed

33-807: The Moldavians campaigned in Pokutia. Since Moldavia was a vassal state to the Porte , King Sigismund I the Old sent a letter to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to ask him where he stood on the conflict. The Sultan replied that the Poles were allowed to battle in the disputed Pokutia, but were not permitted to set foot on Moldavian soil, as that would be seen as a declaration of war on the Ottomans . This restriction

44-474: The Moldavians, whom they routed. From July 18 to 21, the Moldavians advanced with 18,000 cavalry, 50 cannon, and some infantry against the 6,000-strong Polish army that had recently regrouped. Tarnowski left some of his infantry in Gwoździec and made a slow retreat to defensive position defended by forest, north of Obertyn, where he fortified his army with his Tabor wagons. The artillery was placed in three corners of

55-501: The camp and a part of the infantry was placed in the wagons, while the rest of his force, most of it cavalry, was deployed in the interior of the camp. On July 22, the Moldavians sent light cavalry to attack the Polish wagon-fort, but these were repelled by the Polish infantry. The Moldavian cannon opened fire on the wagon-fort, but with little effect. Meanwhile, the far better trained and equipped Polish artillery inflicted severe damage on

66-736: The extermination camp in Bełżec . In 1943, the German occupiers killed nearly all the remaining Jews in Obertyn by shooting them or burning them alive in their houses. Only one Jewish child, Krystyna Carmi, survived the Holocaust. Until 18 July 2020, Obertyn belonged to Tlumach Raion . The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Tlumach Raion

77-645: The joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland , which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Soviets until 1941, then by Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviets in 1944, and eventually annexed from Poland in 1945. The town had an important Jewish community before World War II. In June and September 1942, the Jewish community was moved to a ghetto in Kolomyia and then on to

88-534: The town of Obertyn , south of the Dniester River , now in Ukraine . The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia . In 1490, Stephen III of Moldavia conquered Pokutia, detaching it from the Polish kingdom. He tried to have the land recognized as his and was supported by the Kingdom of Hungary . After Stephen's death (1504), the land was retaken by the Poles. Between 1529 and 1530,

99-495: The town of Obertyn, north of the Dniester River , as his operation point. Between June 3 and 5, Tarnowski sent 1,000 cavalry to oust the Moldavians from the region, and then quickly moved back to Obertyn. He then placed 100 infantry to defend the town of Gwoździec (modern Hvizdets ), a few kilometers south of Obertyn. Between June 6 and July 18, Rareş responded by sending out a force of 6,000 cavalry to besiege Gwoździec. The Polish main army moved from Obertyn to Gwoździec and engaged

110-536: Was disadvantageous to the Poles, mainly because of the greater mobility of the Moldavian troops. The Poles were led by the Crown Hetman of Hired Soldiers , Jan Tarnowski, to lead the army, as the Polish Parliament voted to raise taxes on their serfs in order to recruit mercenary soldiers. Tarnowski was given 4,800 cavalry, 1,200 infantry, 12 cannon, and a Tabor wagon train of unknown size. He picked

121-399: Was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Obertyn was designated urban-type settlement . On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Obertyn became a rural settlement. Battle of Obertyn The Battle of Obertyn (August 22, 1531) was fought between Moldavian Voivode Petru Rareş and Polish forces under hetman Jan Tarnowski , in

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