Historical place archive

Ukraine in History

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

35 records22 event labels17 people987โ€“2022

Historical events in Ukraine

987

987
Rule of Ukraine
Vladimir I ยท House of Russia

Consolidates rule from the Baltic to Ukraine

1648

1648
Reballion of Bogdan Chmielnicki
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท Revolution of Russia

Bogdan Chmielnicki leads a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine

1648
Reballion of Bogdan Chmielnicki
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท Poland-Cossacks War

Bogdan Chmielnicki leads a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine

1648
Reballion of Bogdan Chmielnicki
Bogdan Chmielnicki ยท Poland-Cossacks War

Bogdan Chmielnicki leads a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine

1653

1 October 1653
Unification
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท House of Romanov

The Zemski Sobor votes to incorporate the Ukraine into Russia

1654

1654
Invasion of Ukraine
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท Russo-Polish War

Sends Russian forces into Ukraine after Pereiaslav

1654
Rule of Ukraine
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท Poland-Cossacks War

Claims protection over Cossack Ukraine after Pereiaslav

1655

January 1655
Crimean Intervention
Mehmed Giray ยท Russo-Polish War

Intervenes as Poland's Tatar ally during fighting against Russian-Cossack forces

1667

30 January 1667
Rule of Ukraine
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท Russia War

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes parts of Ukraine to Russia

30 January 1667
Treaty of Andrusovo
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท Russia War

Under the Treaty of Andrusovo Poland cedes parts of Ukraine to Russia

9 February 1667
Rule of Ukraine
Alexis I Mikhaylovich ยท Russia War

Under the Treaty of Anrusovo part of the Ukraine and Belarus remain under Polish control

1708

1708
Independence of Russia
Hetman Mazeppa ยท Great Northern War

The Cossacks led by Mazeppa try to break free by allying with Sweden but fail

1708
Independence of Russia
Peter I the Great ยท Great Northern War

The Cossacks led by Mazeppa try to break free by allying with Sweden but fail

1708
Independence of Ukraine
Hetman Mazeppa ยท Great Northern War

The Cossacks led by Mazeppa try to break free by allying with Sweden but fail

1708
Independence of Ukraine
Peter I the Great ยท Great Northern War

The Cossacks led by Mazeppa try to break free by allying with Sweden but fail

1709

1709
Rule of Ukraine
Peter I the Great ยท Great Northern War

The Ukraine is renamed Malorossiya, Little Russia, to curb Ukrainian naionalism

1917

18 June 1917
Offensive
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin ยท World War, 1st

An offensive is launched by Russia against Austria Hungary

1918

18 February 1918
Invasion of Ukraine
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin ยท World War, 1st

The Germans advance into the Ukraine

1920

1920
Civil War Political Service
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev ยท Military

Continues political work with Red Army units during the final stages of the Civil War.

1941

1941
Invasion of Russia
Semyon Mikhaylovich Budenny ยท World War, 2nd

Has 69 Divisions to hold the Ukraine

1941
Red Army Political Service
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev ยท World War, 2nd

Enters full-time Red Army political work after Germany invades the Soviet Union.

1941
Southwestern Front Political Council
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev ยท World War, 2nd

Serves on the military council of the Southwestern Front during the German invasion.

1943

1943
Capture of Ukraine
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin ยท World War, 2nd

Helps liberate the Ukraine

1943
Wartime Front Political Service
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev ยท World War, 2nd

Continues senior political work with Soviet field armies during the Red Army's 1943 counteroffensives.

1944

24 January 1944
Front
Ivan Stepanovich Konev ยท World War, 2nd

About 60,000 German troops are encircled

13 July 1944
Army Group North
Ivan Stepanovich Konev ยท World War, 2nd

Konev begins to attack Army Group North Ukraine

13 July 1944
Front
Ivan Stepanovich Konev ยท World War, 2nd

Konev begins to attack Army Group North Ukraine

1945

1945
Commander of Tank Battalion
Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeev ยท World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of a tank battalion on the 4th Ukrainian front

1946

1946
Reballion of Rebels in Ukraine
Joseph Stalin ยท Government of Russia

About 8,000 anti-communist partisans are killed in the Ukraine

1946
Reballion of Rebels in Ukraine
Joseph Stalin ยท Revolution of Russia

About 8,000 anti-communist partisans are killed in the Ukraine

1947

1947
Party Leader
Lazar Moiseevich Kaganovich ยท Government of Russia

Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party in the Ukraine

February 1947
Famine
Joseph Stalin ยท Government of Russia

Famine in the Ukraine, 1946-1947

1990

16 July 1990
Independence of Russia
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ยท Government of Russia

The Ukrainian Parliament votes for sovereignty

16 July 1990
Independence of Ukraine
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ยท Government of Russia

The Ukrainian Parliament votes for sovereignty

2022

10 October 2022
Missile Campaign
Sergei Surovikin ยท Russia-Ukraine War

Russia begins large strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Ukraine. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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