Dvirkivshchyna () is a small Ukrainian village located in

Boryspil Raion Boryspil Raion ( uk, Бориспільський район, translit.: ''Boryspil's'kyi raion'') is an administrative raion (district) in east-central Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Boryspil. Population: . On ...

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 ...

, 130 km east of the Ukrainian capital. It lays close to the city of

Yahotyn Yahotyn () is a city in Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Yahotyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 2001, population was 23,659. The current population is Until 18 July 2020, Yahoty ...

. Dvirkivshchyna belongs to

Yahotyn urban hromada Yahotyn () is a city in Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Yahotyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 2001, population was 23,659. The current population is Until 18 July 2020, Yahotyn ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. It also is an administrative seat of local rural community (silrada) which includes four village including Dvirkivshchyna. The community was formed in 1984 out of a state farm. The village became a notable point of interest in 2000s as a birthplace of the former Ukrainian international

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er Andriy Shevchenko who played for

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...

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and

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. Until 18 July 2020, Dvirkivshchyna belonged to

Yahotyn Raion Yahotyn Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the town of Yahotyn. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ky ...

. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Yahotyn Raion was merged into Boryspil Raion.

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{{Reflist Villages in Boryspil Raion