Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin karshen yakin duniya, a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1918, garin ya kasance wurin zama na
Yaƙin Kaniów, wanda sojojin Sojojin Poland na 2 da Sojojin Poland a ƙarƙashin Józef Haller de Hallenburg suka kasa karya layin Austro-Jamus zuwa gefen Rasha. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na biyu, Kaniv ya kasance wurin da aka yi rashin nasara na faduwar sojojin Soviet.