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| commander2 = [[Hadım Suleiman Pasha (governor of Rumelia)|Hadım Suleiman Pasha]]
| strength1 = 30,000–40,000 Moldavians<br />5,000 Székelys<br />2,000 Poles<br />1,800 Hungarians<br />20 cannons
40.000 (Gentis Silesiæ Annales)<ref>Kronika Polska mentions 40,000 Moldavian troops; Gentis Silesiæ Annales mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops and "no more than" 40,000 Moldavian troops; the letter of Stephen addressed to the Christian countries, sent on 25 January 1475, mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops; see also The Annals of Jan Długosz, p. 588;</ref>
| strength2 = 60,000–120,000 Ottomans (according to [[Stephen the Great|Stephen III of Moldavia]])
30.000 Ottomans (Gentis Silesiæ Annales)<ref>Kronika Polska mentions 40,000 Moldavian troops; Gentis Silesiæ Annales mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops and "no more than" 40,000 Moldavian troops; the letter of Stephen addressed to the Christian countries, sent on 25 January 1475, mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops; see also The Annals of Jan Długosz, p. 588;</ref>
| casualties1 = ~5,000 killed and wounded
| casualties2 = ~40,000 dead (disputed)<ref name="PilatCristea149">Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea, ''The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during Vaslui'', (Brill, 2006), 149.</ref><br>4,000 captured<ref name="PilatCristea149" />
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Ottoman-Hungarian War}}<br />{{Campaignbox Moldavian–Ottoman Wars}}<br />{{Campaignbox Polish-Ottoman Wars}}
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The '''Battle of Vaslui''' (also referred to as the '''Battle of Podul Înalt''' or the '''Battle of Racova''') was fought on 10 January 1475, between [[Stephen the Great|Stephen III of Moldavia]] and the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] governor of [[Rumelia Eyalet|Rumelia]], [[Hadım Suleiman Pasha (governor of Rumelia)|Hadım Suleiman Pasha]]. The battle took place at Podul Înalt ("the High Bridge"), near the town of [[Vaslui]], in [[Moldavia]] (now part of eastern [[Romania]]). The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] troops numbered up to 30.000 or 120,000, facing about 40,000 Moldavian troops, plus smaller numbers of allied and mercenary troops.<ref>''Kronika Polska'' mentions 40,000 Moldavian troops; ''Gentis Silesiæ Annales'' mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops and "no more than" 40,000 Moldavian troops; the letter of Stephen addressed to the Christian countries, sent on 25 January 1475, mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops; see also ''The Annals of Jan Długosz'', p. 588;</ref>
Stephen inflicted a decisive defeat on the Ottomans, with casualties according to [[Venice|Venetian]] and Polish records reaching beyond 40,000 on the Ottoman side. [[Mara Branković]] (Mara Hatun), the former younger wife of [[Murad II]], told a Venetian envoy that the invasion had been the worst ever defeat for the Ottomans.<ref name="p. 133">''Istoria lui Ştefan cel Mare'', p. 133</ref> Stephen was later awarded the title ''[[Athleta Christi]]'' ("Champion of Christ") by [[Pope Sixtus IV]], who referred to him as {{lang|la|"verus christianae fidei athleta"}} ("the true defender of the Christian faith").<ref>''Saint Stephen the Great in his contemporary Europe (Respublica Christiana)'', p. 141</ref>
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