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.
Geography
Demydiv lies on the western bank of the Irpin River, north of Kyiv. It is located on the Kyiv–Minsk highway.
History
In the vicinity of Demydiv, around 200 Old Ruthenian burial mounds (kurgans) were found along the Irpin River. At the same time, in the area known as Horodok, the earthworks of a Slavic historic settlement exist: the remnants of the Old Ruthenian city of Horodok. In the Russian (Ruthenian) Chronicles, the settlement is first mentioned in 1026, when the Great Prince Yaroslav the Wise signed a peace treaty with his brother Mstyslav, dividing Old Ruthenian lands along the Dnieper.
Until the building of the Irpin's Kozarovychi Dam in 1960, the landscape of Demydiv was largely swamp and marshland.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was flooded by breaking the dam on 25 February 2022 to hinder Russian advances towards Kyiv.
Culture and entertainment
The settlement has a small football training center, which is home to the Ukrainian professional football club FC Dinaz Vyshhorod. The football grounds are used in lower-league football competitions. It has a smaller seating capacity than another one located in Lyutizh.
In 2015, a private zoo was established, the "XII Misiatsiv" (12 months).
Burials
Varvara Dovzhenko, the wife of the Soviet film producer Oleksandr Dovzhenko, is buried in the village.