Demydiv, Kyiv Oblast Explained

Official Name:Demydiv
Native Name:Ukrainian: Демидів
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Kyiv Oblast
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Kyiv Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Vyshhorod Raion
Area Total Km2:16.89
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:3702
Coordinates:50.7272°N 30.3272°W
Postal Code:07335

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Дымерская громада . Dymer hromada statistics . Gromada.info . ru . 16 June 2022.
  2. News: Mundy . Vincent . Ukraine’s ‘hero river’ helped save Kyiv. But what now for its newly restored wetlands? . 30 May 2022 . Guardian . 11 May 2022.
  3. News: Kramer . Andrew E. . They Flooded Their Own Village, and Kept the Russians at Bay . 30 May 2022 . New York Times . 27 April 2022.