Historical place archive

Kiev in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Kiev in Poland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1567–1654

Historical events in Kiev

1567

1567
Rule of Kiev
Sigismund II Augustus · Government of Poland

Orders the incorporation of southern Lithuanian-controlled lands of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia & Kiev regions

1654

September 1654
Capture of Kiev
John II Casimir · Russo-Polish War

Loses effective control as Russian and Cossack forces secure Kiev

Provenance

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