THE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE 1649 BATTLE AND TREATY OF ZBORIV

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Університет Морхед, Кентукі, США

The Battle of Zboriv is one of the major events in Ukrainian and Polish history.
The Zboriv battlefield was explored by a Ukrainian-American archeological expedition led
by author and archeologist Bogdan Strotsen. The studies lasted several years. The article
covers the history of the Zboriv battle and reveals the main results of archaeological research.
The results of the studies allowed to hypothesize the construction of elements of field
fortifications and to interpret their localization in the territory.

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This research program was made possible by a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Fellowship and
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