Dytiatky Дитятки | |
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 Dytiatky Checkpoint | |
  Dytiatky Location of Hornostapil in Ukraine Show map of Kyiv Oblast Dytiatky Dytiatky (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine | |
| Coordinates:51°6′45″N30°8′43″E / 51.11250°N 30.14528°E /51.11250; 30.14528 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kyiv Oblast |
| Raion | Vyshhorod Raion |
| Hromada | Ivankiv settlement hromada |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 571 |
| Postal code | 07220 |
| Area code | +380 4591 |
Dytiatky (Ukrainian:Дитятки, also spelledDytyatky) is aUkrainian village inVyshhorod Raion,Kyiv Oblast. It belongs toIvankiv settlement hromada, one of thehromadas of Ukraine.[2] As of 2001, Dytiatky had a population of 571.[1]
The village was first mentioned in 1864. On 25 August 1941, it was occupied byNazi German troops, and the population that left the occupied area subsequently resisted the German army. 154 villagers receivedSoviet orders and medals.
The village was part of the formerChernobyl Raion until 1988, when it was disestablished after the1986 nuclear accident, and was one of the few villages in the raion that remained outside theChernobyl Exclusion Zone.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Dytiatky belonged toIvankiv Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of theadministrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions ofKyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Ivankiv Raion was merged intoVyshhorod Raion.[4][5]
From February to April 2022, Dytiatky wasoccupied by Russia as a result of the2022 invasion.
Dytiatky is located betweenIvankiv (32 km [20 mi]) andChernobyl (23 km [14 mi]), on a branch of theP02 road. It is the seat of one of the busiest checkpoints (Ukrainian:КПП Дитятки - KPP Dytyatky) to theChernobyl Exclusion Zone, being on the main tourist route to the area and theChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (40 km [25 mi]).[6]
The village is 10 km (6.2 mi) fromHornostaipil, 41 km (25 mi) fromPripyat and 115 km (71 mi) fromKyiv. It is the seat ofthe homonymrural council, that includes the villages ofFruzynivka andZoryn, has an area of 38 km2 (15 sq mi) and a population of 1,011.[7]
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