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Cases in Ukraine

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Cases
4
Years
1015 to 1953
Region
Europe
Main subjects
Russia and Byzantium, Literature and art, States and spies
Updated
30 October 2026
Bruno Schulz: Drohobycz bruno schulz tablica 20081942 · Drohobych (then in German-occupied Poland, now Ukraine)Bruno Schulz was shot in the street in Drohobych in November 1942 in a feud between two SS men; in 2001 Yad Vashem cut his murals from a pantry wall and flew them to IsraelBruno Schulz, born in 1892, was a Jewish writer and artist in Drohobych. SS officer Felix Landau, who liked his drawings, got him out of the ghetto and commissioned murals for his house.newrepublic.com and 3 moreLavrentiy Beria: Lavrentiy Beria portrait 21953 · Moscow, Russia; Kyiv, UkraineBeria was shot half an hour after his verdict in 1953; his son lived as Sergo Gegechkori and died five months after Russia's Supreme Court refused to clear his fatherLavrentiy Beria ran Stalin's secret police. After Stalin died in March 1953, Beria was arrested. He was convicted of anti-Soviet terrorism, state treason and counter-revolutionary activity, and accused of being a British spy.archive.kyivpost.com and 4 moreBoris Gleb astride: Saints Boris and Gleb astride.1015 · Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, UkraineThe Primary Chronicle says Sviatopolk had his brothers Borys and Hlib killed in 1015, and Yaroslav buried them as saints after taking KyivVolodymyr the Great had 11 sons by five wives and set them over the lands of Rus' to govern and collect tribute. Late in his reign his sons Sviatopolk of Turiv and Yaroslav of Novgorod defied him.encyclopediaofukraine.com and 6 moreОслепление: Blinding of Vasilko1097 · Liubech, Chernihiv Oblast, UkraineThe princes of Rus' agreed at Liubech in 1097 that each would keep his father's lands, and two of them then blinded a thirdVolodymyr Monomakh called the princes of Rus' to Liubech in 1097 to end their feuds and unite them against the Cumans.ru.wikisource.org and 6 more