Dytiatky

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Dytiatky
Дитятки
Village
Dytiatky Checkpoint
Dytiatky Checkpoint
Dytiatky is located in Kyiv Oblast
Dytiatky
Dytiatky
Location of Hornostapil in Ukraine
Dytiatky is located in Ukraine
Dytiatky
Dytiatky
Dytiatky (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°6′45″N 30°8′43″E / 51.11250°N 30.14528°E / 51.11250; 30.14528Coordinates: 51°6′45″N 30°8′43″E / 51.11250°N 30.14528°E / 51.11250; 30.14528
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kyiv Oblast
RaionChernobyl Raion (1923–1988)
Ivankiv Raion (1988-2020)
Vyshhorod Raion (since 2020)
Founded1864
Area
 • Total2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation
126 m (413 ft)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total571
Postal code
07220
Area code(s)+380 4591
Dytiatky Town Hall

Dytiatky (Ukrainian: Дитятки, Russian: Дитятки, also spelled Dytyatky or Dityatki) is a Ukrainian village in the Vyshhorod Raion (before the 2020 raion reform Ivankiv Raion), Kyiv Oblast. As of 2001, it had a population of 571.[1]

History[]

The village was first mentioned in 1864. On 25 August 1941, it was occupied by Nazi German troops, and the population that left the occupied area subsequently resisted the German army. 154 villagers received Soviet orders and medals.

Part of the former Chernobyl Raion until 1988, when it was disestablished after the 1986 nuclear accident, it is one of the few villages of this former district outside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.[2]

Geography[]

Dytiatky is located between Ivankiv (32 km) and Chernobyl (23 km), on a branch of the . It is the seat of one of the busiest checkpoints (Ukrainian: КПП Дитятки - KPP Dytyatky) to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, being on the main tourist route to the area and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (40 km).[3]

The village is 10 km far from Hornostaipil, 41 from Pripyat and 115 from Kyiv. It is the seat of rural council, that includes the villages of and , has an area of 38 km² and a population of 1,011.[4]

Gallery[]

  • Dytiatky's main road with
    the checkpoint in background

  • A rural house

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Dytiatky Archived December 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine on Verkhovna Rada website
  2. ^ "Map of the Chernobyl Raion" (in Ukrainian). Chernobyl & Chernobylyane. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Securing the Chornobyl exclusion zone against illegal movement of radioactive materials" (IRPA)
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) Dytiatky Rural Council on Verkhovna Rada website

External links[]

Media related to Dytiatky at Wikimedia Commons

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