List of massacres in Ukraine


This is a list of massacres in Ukraine.
NameDateLocationPerpetratorsDeathsNotes
Siege of KievNovember 28–December 6, 1240Kiev Mongol Empire48,000
Tach Vetat1648–1649NationwideCossaks20,000–100,000 JewsSee Jewish casualties of Tach Vetat for discussion of various estimates of the number of murdered.
Batih massacreJune 3–4, 1652BatihCossaks3,500–8,000 Polish POWsAlso known as the "Sarmatian Katyń."
Sack of BaturynNovember 2, 1708Baturyn~7,000 UkrainiansAfter the capture of the city, its entire civil population was massacred by Russian forces
Massacre of UmanJune 1768UmanUkrainian rebels2,000–33,000 Jews and Poles
Kiev pogrom May 7, 1881KievUnknown
Odessa pogrom October 18 and 22, 1905KievEthnic Russian, Ukrainian and Greek rioters400–1,000 Jews
Kiev pogrom October 31–November 2, 1905KievEthnic Russian, Ukrainian, etc. rioters100 Jews
Mass killings of Jews during the Russian Civil War1918–1923Ukraine and Southern Russia
White Army
Green armies
Ukrainian nationalists
100,000–150,000 JewsIncluding Jews who were massacred in Southern Russia.
Vinnytsia massacre1937–1938Vinnytsia9,432 UkrainiansPart of the Great Purge.
Fântâna Albă massacreApril 1, 1941Fântâna Albă200–2,000
NKVD prisoner massacres in UkraineJune–November 1941In 78 prisons across UkraineAlmost 9,000By Stalin's orders.
Lviv pogroms June 1941 – July 1941LvivGermans, Ukrainian nationalists, local crowds6,000 Jews
Kamianets-Podilskyi massacreAugust 27–28, 1941Kamianets-Podilskyi
Hungary
Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
23,600 Jews
Pavoloch massacreSeptember 5, 1941Pavoloch1,500 Jews
Nikolaev massacreSeptember 16–30, 1941Mykolaiv35,782 mostly Jews
Babi Yar massacreSeptember 29, 1941Babi Yar33,771 Jews
Berdychiv massacreOctober 5, 1941Berdychiv20,000–38,536 Jews
1941 Odessa massacreOctober 22–24, 1941Odessa
25,000–100,000 Jews
Drobitsky YarDecember 15, 1941Kharkiv15,000 Jews
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern GaliciaMarch 1943 – December 1944Volhynia Ukrainian Insurgent Army60,000–100,000 Poles
Koriukivka massacreMarch 1–2, 1943Koriukivka6,700
Janowa Dolina massacreApril 23, 1943Janowa DolinaUkrainian nationalists600+ Poles
Hurby massacreJune 2, 1943Hurby Ukrainian Insurgent Army250 Poles
Dominopol massacreJuly 11, 1943Dominopol Ukrainian Insurgent Army490 Poles
Gurów massacreJuly 11, 1943Gurów Ukrainian Insurgent Army410 Poles
Poryck massacreJuly 11, 1943Poryck Ukrainian Insurgent Army300 Poles
Zagaje massacreJuly 11–12, 1943Zagaje Ukrainian Insurgent Army260–350 Poles
Budy Ossowskie massacreAugust 29, 1943Budy Ossowskie Ukrainian Insurgent Army290 Poles
Głęboczyca massacreAugust 29, 1943Głęboczyca Ukrainian Insurgent Army250 Poles
Wola Ostrowiecka massacreAugust 30, 1943Wola Ostrowiecka Ukrainian Insurgent Army529 Poles
Huta Pieniacka massacreFebruary 28, 1944Huta PieniackaUkrainian nationalists500–1,200 Poles
March 10, 1944Sahryn Armia Krajowa800-1,240 Ukrainians
Pawłokoma massacreMarch 3, 1945Pawłokoma Armia Krajowa150-500 Ukrainians
April 11, 1945Sufczyna Armia Krajowaseveral hundreds Ukrainians
Karavan shootingSeptember 26, 2012KievYaroslav Mazurok3
Kharkiv beheadingsDecember 15, 2012KharkivUnknown4Murder of judge Vladimir Trofimov and his relatives
February 2014 Euromaidan violenceFebruary 18–21, 2014KievGovernment of Viktor Yanukovych100+
2014 Odessa clashesMay 2, 2014Odessapro-Ukrainian activists48
Murder of Pentecostals in SlavianskJune 2014SlavianskRussian Orthodox Army4
Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attackAugust 18, 2014Novosvitlivka, Luhansk Oblast Luhansk People's Republic 17
Volnovakha bus attackJanuary 13, 2015Volnovakha Donetsk People's Republic 12
January 2015 Mariupol rocket attackJanuary 24, 2015Mariupol Donetsk People's Republic 31
2015 Kharkiv bombingFebruary 22, 2015KharkivKharkiv Partizans 4
Kerch Polytechnic College massacreOctober 17, 2018Kerch, CrimeaVladislav Roslyakov21School shooting and nail-bomb attack