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This is a list of massacres that have occurred in the modern day areas of Ukraine.
Massacres until 1939
Name
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Date
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Location
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Perpetrators
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Deaths
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Notes
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Siege of Kyiv[1]
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November 28–December 6, 1240
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Kyiv
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Mongol Empire
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48,000[2]
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Of a total population of 50,000, all but 2,000 are massacred.
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Cossack riots (Tach Vetat)
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1648–1649
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Nationwide
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Cossacks
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20,000–100,000 Jews
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See Jewish casualties of Tach Vetat for discussion of various estimates of the number of murdered
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Batih massacre
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June 3–4, 1652
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Batih
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Cossacks
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3,500–8,000 Polish POWs
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Also known as the "Sarmatian Katyń"
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Sack of Baturyn
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November 2, 1708
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Baturyn
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Russian Empire
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~7,000 Ukrainians
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After the capture of the city, its entire civil population was massacred by Russian forces
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Massacre of Uman
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June 1768
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Uman
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Ukrainian rebels
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2,000–33,000 Jews and Poles
|
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Kiev pogrom (1881)
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May 7, 1881
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Kyiv
|
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Unknown
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Odessa pogrom (1905)
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October 18 and 22, 1905
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Odesa
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Ethnic Russian, Ukrainian, and Greek rioters
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400–1,000 Jews
|
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Kiev pogrom (1905)
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October 31–November 2, 1905
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Kyiv
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Ethnic Russian, Ukrainian, etc. rioters
|
100 Jews
|
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Pogroms of the Russian Civil War
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1918–1923
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Ukraine and Southern Russia
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Ukrainian People's Republic[citation needed]
White Army
Green armies Ukrainian nationalists
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100,000–150,000 Jews
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Including Jews who were massacred in Southern Russia
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Fastiv massacre
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September 1919
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Fastiv
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White Army
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1,000–1,500 Jews
|
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Eichenfeld massacre
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November 1919
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Eichenfeld, Katerynoslav
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Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
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136 Mennonites
|
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Berdychiv massacre (1920)
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7 June 1920
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Berdychiv
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1st Cavalry Army
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Hundreds of wounded Polish and Ukrainian soldiers, Red Cross workers and nuns.
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Victims were burned alive in a hospital.[3]
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Vinnytsia massacre
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1937–1938
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Vinnytsia
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Soviet Union
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9,432 Ukrainians and Poles
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Part of the Great Purge.
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Massacres during World War II
Name
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Date
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Location
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Perpetrators
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Deaths
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Notes
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Katyn massacre
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April–May 1940
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Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv
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Soviet Union
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7,247 Poles
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7,247 of the 22,000 victims of the massacre were murdered in the three Ukrainians cities.[4]
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Lunca massacre
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February 7, 1941
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Lunca
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Soviet Union
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Over 600
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Massacre of Romanians
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Fântâna Albă massacre
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April 1, 1941
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Fântâna Albă
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Soviet Union
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44 (Soviet & Russian claim) 3,000 (Romanian claim)
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Massacre of Romanians
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NKVD prisoner massacres in Ukraine
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June–November 1941
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In 78 prisons across Ukraine
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Soviet Union
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Almost 9,000
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By Stalin's orders
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Lviv pogroms (1941)
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June 1941 – July 1941
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Lviv
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OUN-B,
Einsatzgruppen, Ukrainian nationalists, local crowds
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6,000 Jews
|
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Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre
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August 27–28, 1941
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Kamianets-Podilskyi
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Nazi Germany Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
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23,600 Jews
|
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Pavoloch massacre
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September 5, 1941
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Pavoloch
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Nazi Germany
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1,500 Jews
|
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Nikolaev massacre
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September 16–30, 1941
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Mykolaiv
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Nazi Germany
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35,782 mostly Jews
|
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Babi Yar massacre
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September 29–30, 1941
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Babi Yar
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Nazi Germany
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33,771 Jews
|
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Berdychiv massacre (1941)
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October 5, 1941
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Berdychiv
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Nazi Germany
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20,000–38,536 Jews
|
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1941 Odessa massacre
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October 22–24, 1941
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Odesa
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Nazi Germany
Kingdom of Romania local crowds
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25,000–100,000 Jews
|
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Drobitsky Yar
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December 15, 1941
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Kharkiv
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Nazi Germany
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15,000 Jews
|
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Artemivsk massacre
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January 11, 1942
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Artemivsk (now Bakhmut)
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Nazi Germany
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1,317–3,000 Jews
|
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Sarny massacre
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August 27–28, 1942
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Sarny
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Nazi Germany
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14,000–18,000 Jews
|
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Massacre of Grischino
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February 1943
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Pokrovsk
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Soviet Union
|
596 POWs and prisoners
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Massacre of Germans, Italians, Romanians, Ukrainians, Hungarians, and Danes.
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Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
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March 1943 – December 1944
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Volhynia
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
|
60,000–100,000 Poles
|
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Koriukivka massacre
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March 1–2, 1943
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Koriukivka
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Nazi Germany
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6,700
|
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Janowa Dolina massacre
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April 23, 1943
|
Janowa Dolina
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Ukrainian nationalists
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600+ Poles
|
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Hurby massacre
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June 2, 1943
|
Hurby
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
|
250 Poles
|
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Dominopol massacre
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July 11, 1943
|
Dominopol
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
|
490 Poles
|
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Gurów massacre
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July 11, 1943
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Gurów
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
|
410 Poles
|
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Poryck massacre
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July 11, 1943
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Poryck
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
|
300 Poles
|
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Zagaje massacre
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July 11–12, 1943
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Zagaje
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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260–350 Poles
|
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Budy Ossowskie massacre
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August 29, 1943
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Budy Ossowskie
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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290 Poles
|
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Głęboczyca massacre
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August 29, 1943
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Głęboczyca
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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250 Poles
|
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Wola Ostrowiecka massacre
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August 30, 1943
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Wola Ostrowiecka
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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529 Poles
|
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Huta Pieniacka massacre
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February 28, 1944
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Huta Pieniacka
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Ukrainian nationalists
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500–1,200 Poles
|
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Chodaczków Wielki massacre
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April 16, 1944
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Chodaczków Wielki
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14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)
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862 Poles
|
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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
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Date
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Location
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Perpetrators
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Deaths
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Notes
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Dnepropetrovsk maniacs
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June 25-July 16, 2007
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Dnipro
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Viktor Sayenko, Igor Suprunyuk
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21
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Two 19-year old boys killed 21 people.
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Leskovitsa Killings
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April 20–21, 2010
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Chernihiv
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Oleksandr Sergov
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3
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1 Wounded, A Neo-Nazi kills three people with a shovel in Chernihiv's Leskovitsa neighborhood
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Trofimov Beheadings
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December 15, 2012
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Kharkiv
|
Unknown
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4
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Murder of judge Vladimir Trofimov and his relatives
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Revolution of Dignity
|
February 18–21, 2014
|
Kyiv
|
Government of Viktor Yanukovych (Berkut)
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108
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Including 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots
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2014 Odesa clashes
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May 2, 2014
|
Odesa
|
Euromaidanites (and Anti-Maidanites)
|
48
|
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Murder of Pentecostals in Sloviansk
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June 2014
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Sloviansk
|
Russian Orthodox Army
|
4
|
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
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July 17, 2014
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Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast
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Donetsk People's Republic
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298
|
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Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack
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August 18, 2014
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Novosvitlivka, Luhansk Oblast
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Luhansk People's Republic
|
17
|
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Volnovakha bus attack
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January 13, 2015
|
Volnovakha
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Donetsk People's Republic
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12
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Siege of Chernihiv
|
February 24–April 4, 2022
|
Chernihiv
|
Russia
|
700+
|
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Chernihiv bombing
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March 3, 2022
|
Chernihiv
|
Russia
|
47
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Part of Siege of Chernihiv
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March 2022 Donetsk attack
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March 14, 2022
|
Donetsk
|
Russia
Donetsk People's Republic
|
23
|
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Chernihiv breadline attack
|
March 16, 2022
|
Chernihiv
|
Russia
|
14
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Part of Siege of Chernihiv
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Mariupol theatre airstrike
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March 16, 2022
|
Mariupol
|
Russia
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12 (Amnesty International) 600 (AP)
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Part of Siege of Mariupol
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Mykolaiv government building airstrike
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March 29, 2022
|
Mykolaiv
|
Russia
|
37
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Part of Battle of Mykolaiv
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Kramatorsk railway station attack
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April 8, 2022
|
Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast
|
Russia
|
59
|
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Bilohorivka school bombing
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May 7, 2022
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Bilohorivka, Luhansk Oblast
|
Russia
|
2 (confirmed) 60 (claim)
|
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2022 Kremenchuk missile strike
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June 27, 2022
|
Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast
|
Russia
|
21
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Missile airstrike of Amstor mall
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Izium mass graves
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Discovered on 15 September 2022
|
Izium, Kharkiv Oblast
|
Russia Russian Ground Forces
|
440+
|
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See also
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List of massacres in Europe |
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