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Irpin urban hromada Irpin ( uk, Ірпі́нь, ) is a Hero City of Ukraine located on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) right next to the city of Kyiv in northern Ukraine. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, one of the hr ...

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Vorzel Vorzel ( uk, Во́рзель) is an urban-type settlement in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. It belongs to Bucha urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: It is home to Scripture Union's International Youth Camp. History ...

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until November 1943, when Kyiv was recaptured. Most of its

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population were murdered in either

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or other massacres by the

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. In 1956, Irpin's status was changed to that of a "city of raion (district) subordination," subordinate to the

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(

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). On 30 December 1962, the

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of the

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issued a decree changing the status of Irpin to that of a "city of oblast subordination," thus being directly subordinate to the oblast authorities rather than the city administration housed within the city. Also mentioned within the decree were the inclusion of the

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s of Bucha (a city of oblast significance since 2007),

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,

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, and

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within the city limits. Until 18 July 2020, Irpin was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of

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, which also included the urban-type settlement of

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,

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, and

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. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven, Irpin Municipality was merged into Bucha Raion. Irpin after Russian invasion

2022 Russian invasion

During the

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, Irpin became the site of a battlefield engagement during the Kyiv offensive. Russian forces took the

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in the north of the city to facilitate an advance southwards, around Kyiv. The city was shelled by Russian artillery while the Ukrainians were able to repel and destroy multiple forces attempting to move into the town. According to

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, on March 6, 2022, Russian forces bombarded an intersection on a road of Irpin which was used by civilians to flee. As of 24 March 2022, 80% of the city was recaptured from Russian occupants by Ukrainian Armed Forces. On 28 March, Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn announced that all of Irpin was fully recovered by the Ukrainian forces. On March 30, the mayor of Irpin said that the Russian military had killed more than 300 civilians and 50 servicemen in the city. On 31 August 2022, the Declaration on Cooperation was signed in Irpin by the

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and

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in an aim to overthrow the regime of

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.

Economy

There are 22 industrial manufacturers operating in the Irpin region. The city has close to one thousand enterprises of various forms of ownership. The most notable are Peremoha Industrial Complex of Irpin (bricks, reinforced concrete components, heat insulation and sound proofing materials), Irpinmash (gears for agricultural industry), Perun Trading Firm (books), KATECH-electro Private Commercial and Manufacturing Company (cabling and wiring products), Irpintorfmash factory (construction materials), and a furniture factory, just to name some. The agricultural sector of Irpin provides the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, with

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es and other vegetables. The city is also a health resort area known for its recreational facilities.

Sport

The city has a well developed sports infrastructure. At some point it used to host several professional football clubs, among which are Dynamo Irpin (later known as

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), Nafkom-Akademiya (later known as

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), and others. In the summer of 2016 a newly built small city stadium was opened in the city. There is also a sports school, a football academy, and several other sports organizations such as a rugby club. A number of sports events are conducted regularly at the city's stadium.

Education

* University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine (formerly State Tax Academy) * School of Economy of the National Agrarian University * Evangelical Bible Seminary

Notable people

* Ukrainian

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was born in Irpin * Soviet writer

Nikolay Nosov Nikolay Nikolayevich Nosov (russian: link=no, Николай Николаевич Носов, uk, Микола Миколайович Носов; in Kyiv – 26 July 1976 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Ukrainian children's literature writer, the ...

spent his childhood in Irpin * Ukrainian photographer

Yuri Kosin Yuri Kosin ( uk, Косін Юрій Олекса́ндрович; 26 September 1948 – 24 October 2022) was a Ukrainian photographer, lecturer, curator of exhibitions, and traveler. Kosin was a member of the National Society of Photo Artists ...

works in Irpin * Ukrainian singer LOBODA was born in Irpin

Sister cities

Irpin's

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are: *

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, United States

Gallery

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Irpin River The Irpin or Irpen (; ) is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary of the Dnieper river. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Irpin city is one of the urban settlements beside the river.

References

External links

*
Irpin on the Kiev Oblast Administration website

Irpin City Portal

at

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