Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva kutanga kwema1920 kusvika kunopera kwema1940 mukati mekutsvaira kwaStalin, hurumende yeSoviet yakatakura miviri yevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika vakatambudzwa uye vakaurayiwa kumasango emiti kunze kwemusha weBykivnia ndokuvaviga muguva rakanga rakareba. Kusvika iye zvino, makuva 210 akasiyana-siyana akawanikwa nevanochera matongo vokuPoland nevokuUkraine vari kushanda panzvimbo iyi. Munguva yokudzokera shure kweSoviet munguva dzokutanga dzeOperation Barbarossa, mauto eRed Army akaparadza musha wacho. Nzvimbo yemakuva akawanda yakawanikwa nevaGermany pamwe chete nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakawanda dzakadaro muSoviet Union yose. Zvisinei, pashure pokuwanikwa kwokuurayana kweKatyn, nzvimbo dzokuviga dzeBykivnya dzakanga dzisisiri rutivi rwekurudziro yeGermany. Mushure mekudzorerwa kwenzvimbo iyi neSoviet munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeKiev
muna 1943, nzvimbo yacho yakavanzwazve neNKVD. Mumakore ekuma1950 musha uyu wakavakwazve senzvimbo iri pedyo neKyiv. Mumakore okuma1970 zviremera zveSoviet zvakaronga kuvaka chiteshi chikuru chemabhazi panzvimbo yemakuva evanhu vakawanda, asi chirongwa chacho chakasiyiwa.