Poland-Lithuania The first mention of the village is in a letter in 1430, under its original name Makhnivka. At the time, it was located in the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was granted to the
Tyszkiewicz family by the Grand Duke of Lithuania
Svidrigailo. As a result of the 1569
Union of Lublin, it became part of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Russian Empire As a result of the 1793
Partition of Poland, a large territory including Makhnivka was incorporated into the
Russian Empire. When the railroads were developed (some time after 1860), the railroad went through
Berdychiv and
Koziatyn ( east of Makhnivka), but bypassed Makhnivka. This caused Makhnivka's importance to decline, while both Berdychiv and Koziatyn grew. Sometime around the turn of the 20th century, Berdychiv replaced Makhnivka as the chief city of the uyezd (which was renamed from Makhnovka uyezd to
Berdichev uyezd). During the late 1880s until 1913, many Jewish families emigrated from Makhnivka because of "hard times and lack of opportunity", leading the Jewish population to sharply decrease. On 18 July 2020, Koziatyn Raion was abolished, and its territory, including Makhnivka, was merged into
Khmilnyk Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast to six. ==Demographics==