List of massacres in Ukraine
This is a list of massacres that have occurred in the modern day areas of Ukraine .
Massacres until 1939
Name
Date
Location
Perpetrators
Deaths
Notes
Siege of Kyiv [ 1]
November 28–December 6, 1240
Kyiv
Mongol Empire
48,000 [ 2]
The Mongols under Batu Khan cross the frozen Dnieper River and lay siege to the city of Kiev. On December 6, the walls are rendered rubble by Chinese catapults and the Mongols pour into the city. Brutal hand-to-hand street fighting occurs, the Kievans are eventually forced to fall back to the central parts of the city. Many people take refuge in the Church of the Blessed Virgin . As scores of terrified Kievans climb onto the Church's upper balcony to shield themselves from Mongol arrows, their collective weight strain its infrastructure, causing the roof to collapse and crush countless citizens under its weight. Of a total population of 50,000, 48,000 are massacred.[ 1]
Cossack riots (Tach Vetat)
1648–1649
Nationwide
Cossacks
20,000–100,000 Jews
See Jewish casualties of Tach Vetat for discussion of various estimates of the number of murdered
Batih massacre
June 3–4, 1652
Batih
Cossacks
3,500–8,000 Polish POWs
Also known as the "Sarmatian Katyń "
Sack of Baturyn
November 2, 1708
Baturyn
Russian Empire
~7,000-15,000 Ukrainians
After the capture of the city, its entire civil population was massacred by Russian forces
Executions of Cossacks in Lebedyn
1708-1709
Lebedyn
Russian Empire
900
Executions of pro-Swedish Cossacks who betrayed the oath of allegiance to the Russian Tsar
Massacre of Uman
June 1768
Uman
Ukrainian rebels
2,000–33,000 Jews and Poles
Massacre of the Jews, Poles and Ukrainian Uniates by haidamaks
Kiev pogrom (1881)
May 7, 1881
Kyiv
Unknown
Odessa pogrom (1905)
October 18 and 22, 1905
Odesa
Ethnic Russian, Ukrainian, and Greek rioters
400–1,000 Jews
Kiev pogrom (1905)
October 31–November 2, 1905
Kyiv
Ethnic Russian, Ukrainian, etc. rioters
100 Jews
Pogroms of the Russian Civil War
1918–1923
Ukraine and Southern Russia
AFSR , White movement (17-50% of killings)[ 3] [ 4] : 45 [ 5] Green armies
Red Army (2-9% of killings)[ 7] Ukrainian People's Army (25-54% of killings)[ 8]
50,000–250,000 Jews
Including Jews who were massacred in Southern Russia
Fastiv massacre
September 1919
Fastiv
White Army
1,000–1,500 Jews
Eichenfeld massacre
November 1919
Eichenfeld, Katerynoslav
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
136 Mennonites
Berdychiv massacre (1920)
7 June 1920
Berdychiv
1st Cavalry Army
Hundreds of wounded Polish and Ukrainian soldiers, Red Cross workers and nuns.
Victims were burned alive in a hospital.[ 9]
Vinnytsia massacre
1937–1938
Vinnytsia
Soviet Union
9,432 Ukrainians and Poles
Part of the Great Purge .
Massacres during World War II
Name
Date
Location
Perpetrators
Deaths
Notes
Katyn massacre
April–May 1940
Kharkiv , Kherson , Kyiv
Soviet Union
7,247 Poles
7,247 of the 22,000 victims of the massacre were murdered in the three Ukrainians cities.[ 10]
Lunca massacre
February 7, 1941
Lunca
Soviet Union
Over 600
Massacre of Romanians
Fântâna Albă massacre
April 1, 1941
Fântâna Albă
Soviet Union
44 (Soviet & Russian claim) 3,000 (Romanian claim)
Massacre of Romanians
NKVD prisoner massacres in Ukraine
June–November 1941
In 78 prisons across Ukraine
Soviet Union
Almost 9,000
By Stalin 's orders
Lviv pogroms (1941)
June 1941 – July 1941
Lviv
OUN-B , Einsatzgruppen ,Ukrainian nationalists , local crowds
6,000 Jews
Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre
August 27–28, 1941
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Nazi Germany Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
23,600 Jews
Pavoloch massacre
September 5, 1941
Pavoloch
Nazi Germany
1,500 Jews
Nikolaev massacre
September 16–30, 1941
Mykolaiv
Nazi Germany
35,782 mostly Jews
Babi Yar massacre
September 29–30, 1941
Babi Yar
Nazi Germany
33,771 Jews
Berdychiv massacre (1941)
October 5, 1941
Berdychiv
Nazi Germany
20,000–38,536 Jews
1941 Odessa massacre
October 22–24, 1941
Odesa
Nazi Germany Kingdom of Romania local crowds
25,000–100,000 Jews
Drobitsky Yar
December 15, 1941
Kharkiv
Nazi Germany
15,000 Jews
Artemivsk massacre
January 11, 1942
Artemivsk (now Bakhmut )
Nazi Germany
1,317–3,000 Jews
Sarny massacre
August 27–28, 1942
Sarny
Nazi Germany
14,000–18,000 Jews
Massacre of Grischino
February 1943
Pokrovsk
Soviet Union
596 POWs and prisoners
Massacre of Germans, Italians, Romanians, Ukrainians, Hungarians, and Danes.
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
March 1943 – December 1944
Volhynia
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
60,000–100,000 Poles
Koriukivka massacre
March 1–2, 1943
Koriukivka
Nazi Germany
6,700
Janowa Dolina massacre
April 23, 1943
Janowa Dolina
Ukrainian nationalists
600+ Poles
Hurby massacre
June 2, 1943
Hurby
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
250 Poles
Dominopol massacre
July 11, 1943
Dominopol
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
490 Poles
Gurów massacre
July 11, 1943
Gurów
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
410 Poles
Poryck massacre
July 11, 1943
Poryck
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
300 Poles
Zagaje massacre
July 11–12, 1943
Zagaje
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
260–350 Poles
Budy Ossowskie massacre
August 29, 1943
Budy Ossowskie
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
290 Poles
Głęboczyca massacre
August 29, 1943
Głęboczyca
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
250 Poles
Wola Ostrowiecka massacre
August 30, 1943
Wola Ostrowiecka
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
529 Poles
Huta Pieniacka massacre
February 28, 1944
Huta Pieniacka
Ukrainian nationalists
500–1,200 Poles
Chodaczków Wielki massacre
April 16, 1944
Chodaczków Wielki
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)
862 Poles
Massacres in the post-WWII period
Other events
These events involving multiple deaths in Ukraine are not widely known, or recognised, as 'massacres'.
Other events involving multiple deaths in Ukraine
Name
Date
Location
Perpetrators
Deaths
Notes
Dnepropetrovsk maniacs
June 25-July 16, 2007
Dnipro
Viktor Sayenko, Igor Suprunyuk
21
Two 19-year old boys killed 21 people.
Leskovitsa Killings
April 20–21, 2010
Chernihiv
Oleksandr Sergov
3
1 Wounded, A Neo-Nazi kills three people with a shovel in Chernihiv's Leskovitsa neighborhood
Trofimov Beheadings
December 15, 2012
Kharkiv
Unknown
4
Murder of judge Vladimir Trofimov and his relatives
Revolution of Dignity
February 18–21, 2014
Kyiv
Government of Viktor Yanukovych (Berkut )
108
Including 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots
2014 Odesa clashes
May 2, 2014
Odesa
Euromaidanites (and Anti-Maidanites )
48
Clashes between pro-Maidan protesters and anti-Maidan, pro-Russian protesters resulted in deaths of 48 people
Murder of Pentecostals in Sloviansk
June 2014
Sloviansk
Russian Orthodox Army
4
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
July 17, 2014
Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk People's Republic
298
Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack
August 18, 2014
Novosvitlivka, Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk People's Republic
17
Volnovakha bus attack
January 13, 2015
Volnovakha
Donetsk People's Republic
12
Siege of Chernihiv
February 24–April 4, 2022
Chernihiv
Russia
700+
Chernihiv bombing
March 3, 2022
Chernihiv
Russia
47
Part of Siege of Chernihiv
March 2022 Donetsk attack
March 14, 2022
Donetsk
Russia Donetsk People's Republic
23
Chernihiv breadline attack
March 16, 2022
Chernihiv
Russia
14
Part of Siege of Chernihiv
Mariupol theatre airstrike
March 16, 2022
Mariupol
Russia
12 (Amnesty International) 600 (AP)
Part of Siege of Mariupol
Mykolaiv government building airstrike
March 29, 2022
Mykolaiv
Russia
37
Part of Battle of Mykolaiv
Kramatorsk railway station attack
April 8, 2022
Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast
Russia
59
Bilohorivka school bombing
May 7, 2022
Bilohorivka , Luhansk Oblast
Russia
2 (confirmed) 60 (claim)
2022 Kremenchuk missile strike
June 27, 2022
Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast
Russia
21
Missile airstrike of Amstor mall
Izium mass graves
Discovered on 15 September 2022
Izium, Kharkiv Oblast
Russia Russian Ground Forces
440+
See also
References
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See also
List of massacres in Europe
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