 On 1 June 1869, under the ukase of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, Magnuszew lost its city rights.In World War I, the Tsarist army deported the German and Polish inhabitants of Magnuszew to the River Volga and other remote areas of Russia.As a result of the deportations and other losses the village's population decreased heavily between 1913 (3,206) and 1921 (1,568).