Proskurov pogrom

The Proskurov pogrom took place on February 15, 1919, in the town of Proskurov (now Khmelnytskyi) during the Ukrainian War of Independence, which was taken from Bolshevik control by militants claiming to be Haidamacks. In mere three and a half hours at least 1,500 Jews were murdered, up to 1,700 by other estimates, and more than 1,000 wounded including women, children and the elderly. The massacre was carried out by Ukrainian People's Republic soldiers of Ivan Semesenko. They were ordered to save the ammunition in the process and use only lances and bayonets.

One witness writing of the violence said "It is impossible to image what happened here on Saturday, February 15, 1919. This was not a pogrom. It was like the Armenian slaughter." Semesenko was executed in 1920. At the time, it was claimed that Semesenko was executed for organizing pogroms. However, modern historians concluded that he was instead shot for dissent against Symon Petliura.