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1943: Liberation of Kyiv from fascist invaders
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On November 6, 1943, the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front (Army General N.F. Vatutin) liberated the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, from the fascist invaders during the Kyiv offensive operation.
1941
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The first mass shooting in Babi Yar - 33,771 Jews
Babiy Yar gained fame as a tract in which mass executions of civilians were carried out, mainly Jews, gypsies, as well as Soviet prisoners of war, Nazis and Ukrainian collaborators during World War II, during the occupation of Ukraine by German troops.
The first mass shooting occurred on September 29-30, 1941, as a result of which 33,771 Jews were killed.
In total, about a hundred thousand people were shot. According to some sources, about one hundred and fifty thousand people (residents of Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine) were shot in Babi Yar alone.
Occupation by Germany
German troops entered Kyiv on September 19, 1941.
1932
1686: Russia buys Kyiv from Poland for 7 tons of silver
In new negotiations on "eternal peace" in 1686, the Russians declared to the Polish ambassadors that Kyiv "would not yield without blood" ("az do krwi i golf polozenia nie ustapimy," as the Polish envoys to Warsaw reported).
Russia took advantage of the fact that the Poles, by that time drawn into a big war with Turkey, had no time to return their former possessions. But the right of brute force, which allowed not to give back the promised, was required to be put on diplomatic forms. Therefore, the Poles were hinted that Moscow is ready to pay for Kyiv.
The Polish magnates wanted money, but they also could not openly sell a piece of their state, and even having such a symbolic meaning. And the parties began long negotiations on the amount that Russia would pay Poland "out of brotherly friendship and love" - this is how diplomats in 1686 officially formulated the purpose of the payment. In fact, a long and passionate discussion of the price at which Moscow will buy Kyiv from Warsaw began.
Several months were traded in the style of an eastern bazaar. Initially, the Polish ambassadors named the amount of 4 million zlotys (800 thousand rubles), in response the Russians gave their price, 26 times less, - 30 thousand rubles. Polish ambassadors emotionally called the Russian proposal a "joke" and pathetically exclaimed that "their heart was taken out" along with Kyiv. In response, the Moscow boyars melancholy agreed to "add to the previous thing."
800 thousand rubles at that time were equal to half of all revenues of the Russian state for the year. And the Poles in the bargaining lost first, reducing the request to 3 million zlotys, or 600 thousand rubles. After a month of negotiations, this amount fell three times.
It is noteworthy that both sides recorded the course of diplomatic trade very carefully. Both Russians and Poles recorded in detail all the psychological reactions of rival diplomats: who watched how he spoke, when he raised his voice, etc. Therefore, historians now know literally for minutes when the favorite of Princess Sophia, Prince Golitsyn, shouted at the Polish ambassadors "wielkim glosem" and when the head of the Polish delegation, the Poznan governor Krzysztof Grzymultowski, looked "hard" at the Lithuanian chancellor Oginsky.
200 thousand rubles. negotiations stuck - Moscow boyars rested and offered the Poles to go home. Those week defiantly prepared for departure, after which they reported that they agreed and 150 thousand. The next two weeks of negotiations saved Moscow another 4 thousand rubles. - As a result, two Slavic states traded 146 thousand.
This amount corresponded to about 10% of the annual budget of Russia at that time. But the problem was that it was required to collect and transfer silver cash to the Poles, that is, to transport 7 tons of precious metal across the border. As a result, a new diplomatic scandal arose when carts loaded with silver in May 1686 got stuck in the mud near Smolensk due to the spring debauchery.
Therefore, the Poles received their 7 tons of silver for Kyiv for a whole year in three receptions. Most of all To Moscow , they feared that the amounts paid would go to strengthen the Polish army. But the money received by Warsaw did not benefit - local tycoons immediately divided it among themselves. And Moscow, having bought Kyiv and the "eternal peace" with the Poles, immediately began to prepare the first campaign on. Crimea
1667: Return of Kyiv under control to Russia
The Andrusov truce is an agreement concluded in 1667 between the Russian kingdom and the Commonwealth and put an end to hostilities in the Russian-Polish war of 1654-1667.
On January 30 (February 9), 1667, in a village near Smolensk, the Andrusovsky truce was signed, ending the 13-year Russian-Polish war. According to him, Russia crossed Smolensk, as well as other lands that had previously departed for the Commonwealth during the Time of Troubles, including Dorogobuzh, Belaya, Nevel, Krasny, Velizh, Severskaya land with Chernigov and Starodub. Zaporozhskaya Sich passed under the joint management of Russia and Poland. In addition, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth recognized Russia's right to Left-Bank Ukraine, but the city of Kyiv was required to be returned to the Poles under the terms of the armistice.
They really did not want to give up the capital of Ancient Russia in Moscow - Kyiv, "the patrimony of our eternal sovereign," was a visual symbol of Moscow claims to all ancient Russian heritage. The Poles were bargained that the Russian garrison would remain in the city temporarily, "for a period of two years." To calm the Polish nobility, the Russian tsar promised to pay them 200 thousand rubles. compensation for the estates destroyed by the rebellious Cossacks.
As a result, the temporary turned out to be constant - for the next 20 years, Moscow, under various diplomatic pretexts, delayed the "return" of Kyiv.
1362: Gedemin's son Olgerd joins Kyiv to Lithuania
In 1362, Prince Olgerd completely annexed the city to Lithuania.
1321: Defeat of the Kiwa prince from Lithuania and recognition of himself as a vassal of Gedemin
In 1321, in the battle on the Irpeni River, Prince Stanislav of Kyiv, a descendant of the Olgovichi, was defeated by the Lithuanians and recognized himself as a vassal of the Lithuanian prince Gedimin, while remaining depending on the Horde.
1246: Only 200 houses left in the city
According to Plano Carpini, who visited the city in 1246 six years after the invasion of the Mongols, the capital of Russia turned into a town of no more than 200 houses. There is an opinion that a significant part of the population of the Kyiv region went to the northern regions.
1237: Capital of the Principality of Kyiv
1212: Kyiv is occupied by the troops of the Monomakhovich coalition
In the summer of 1212, Kyiv was occupied by the troops of the Monomakhovich coalition, after which the struggle around it subsided for two decades. The main leaders of the campaign were Mstislav Romanovich Stary Smolensky, Mstislav Mstislavich Udatny Novgorod and Ingvar Yaroslavich Lutsky.
1203: The defeat of the city by the Smolensk prince Rurik Rostislavich
In 1203, Kyiv was subjected to a second defeat, this time at the hands of Smolensk Rurik Rostislavich, who had already become the prince of Kyiv three times before.
12th century
During the century, 37 princes changed in the city
The constant struggle for the princely throne, political instability, uprisings of the townspeople led to the fact that during the XII century the prince of Kyiv was replaced 37 times; some of the princes held the throne for less than a year.
1169: Kyiv is taken by storm by a coalition of princes led by Andrei Bogolyubsky and ceases to be the stake of the strongest prince
In 1169, as a result of the campaign of the coalition of eleven princes, acting on the initiative of Vladimir-Suzdal Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky, for the first time in the practice of princely strife, Kyiv was stormed and plundered, and for the first time the prince, who took possession of the city, did not remain in it to reign, putting his protege on reign. Andrew was recognized as the oldest, bore the title of Grand Duke, but made no attempts to sit in Kyiv. Thus, the traditional connection between the reign of Kyiv and the recognition of the elder in the princely family became optional.
882: Capital of Kievan Rus'
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In 879, Prince Rurik died and Oleg began to reign in Novgorod as the guardian of his young son Igor.
In 882, Oleg came to Kyiv, killed the local rulers Askold and Dir and declared Kyiv the "mother of Russian cities," began to rule in it.