Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin ƙarshen Babban Yaƙin, a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1918, garin ya kasance wurin da aka yi yaƙin Kaniów
, wanda sojojin Sojojin Poland na 2 da Sojojin Poland a karkashin Józef Haller de Hallenburg suka kasa keta layin Austro-Jamus zuwa bangaren Rasha. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na biyu, Kaniv ya kasance wurin da aka yi rashin nasara na faduwar sojojin Soviet.