Demydiv, Kyiv Oblast

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]}

Demydiv Демидів
Village
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Coordinates: 50°43′38″N 30°19′38″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kyiv Oblast
Raion	Vyshhorod Raion
Area
• Total	16.89 km2 (6.52 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	3,702

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

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