Coordinates: 50°43′38″N 30°19′38″E / 50.72722°N 30.32722°E / 50.72722; 30.32722

Demydiv, Kyiv Oblast

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Demydiv
Демидів
Demydiv is located in Ukraine
Demydiv
Demydiv
Demydiv is located in Kyiv Oblast
Demydiv
Demydiv
Coordinates: 50°43′38″N 30°19′38″E / 50.72722°N 30.32722°E / 50.72722; 30.32722
CountryUkraine
OblastKyiv Oblast
RaionVyshhorod Raion
Area
 • Total16.89 km2 (6.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total3,702

Demydiv (Ukrainian: Демидів; Russian: Демидов) is a village in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Dymer settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Demydiv lies on the western bank of the Irpin River, north of Kyiv. It is one of the oldest villages in Ukraine, founded in 1026.[citation needed]

Until the building of the Irpin Dam in 1960, the landscape of Demydiv was largely swamp and marshland.[2]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was flooded by breaking the dam on 25 February to hinder Russian advances towards Kyiv.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Дымерская громада" [Dymer hromada statistics]. Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ Mundy, Vincent (11 May 2022). "Ukraine's 'hero river' helped save Kyiv. But what now for its newly restored wetlands?". Guardian. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ Kramer, Andrew E. (27 April 2022). "They Flooded Their Own Village, and Kept the Russians at Bay". New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2022.