Demydiv ( uk, Демидів; russian: Демидов) is a village in
Vyshhorod Raion
Vyshhorod Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast ...
,
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
. It belongs to
Dymer settlement hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Demydiv lies on the western bank of the
Irpin River
The Irpin or Irpen (; ) is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary of the Dnieper river. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Irpin city is one of the urban settlements beside the river.[Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...]
. 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
A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found at ...
.
During the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was flooded by breaking the dam on 25 February to hinder Russian advances towards
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
.
References
Villages in Vyshhorod Raion
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