 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeVolhynian Genocide, taundi racho raiva nzvimbo yokupotera yevaPolish, vaitiza kuparadzwa kwevanhu. Munguva iyoyo, varudzi veUkraine vakaponda App. Vagari vokuPoland 3.700 vomudunhu reKovel. Mukutanga kwechirimo cha1944, 27th Infantry Division yeHome Army yakashanda munzvimbo iyi. Kovel akabatwa neRed Army muna July 1944. Muna 1945, Vakuru Vatatu, Great Britain, United States neSoviet Union, vakagadza miganhu mitsva yePoland; vagari vePoland vakamanikidzwa kudzoka uye Kovel yakabatanidzwa muUkraine Soviet Socialist Republic. Yave iri rutivi rweUkraine yakazvimirira kubvira muna 1991. 