[2] The "-ianysol" part of the name is derived from the Urum language of the Ukrainian Greek settlers that founded the village in 1780 after emigrating from Crimea in 1778.

[1] During the Russian Civil War that took place between 1917 and 1923, Maloianysol changed hands several times between the opposing forces.

Eventually, it fell under stable control of the Bolsheviks, who established the communist Soviet Union on much of the former territory of the Russian Empire.

During World War II, Maloianysol was occupied by Nazi Germany between October 1941 and September 1943.

According to exiled Mariupol mayoral advisor Petro Andriushchenko, a Russian ammunition depot in the village was blown up on 16 March 2023.