Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva pamavambo ema1920 kusvika kumagumo ema1940, panguva yose yaStalin, hurumende yeSoviet yakatakura mitumbi yevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika vaitambudzwa uye vakaurayiwa kuenda kumasango emiti kunze kwomusha 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. Pashure pokudzorerwa kwenharaunda yacho neSoviet munguva ye
Hondo 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.