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Irpin

Irpin (Ukrainian: Ірпінь, IPA: [irˈpinʲ] ) is a city on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located next to the capital Kyiv, on the Irpin River. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, or administrative division. The city had an estimated population of 65,167 (2022 estimate).

There were several villages on the site from the 17th century onwards, with the city being built around the railway station that was constructed in 1899.

In the battle of Irpin during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 70% of the city was damaged, including the House of Culture, which had been built by the community in 1954. In June 2023, the city's mayor reported that most people had already returned, along with around 25,000 internally displaced people.

The villages of Romanivka and Liubka stood on the site of Irpin in the 17th century. In the 19th century, the villages (or khutirs) of Severynivka, then Rudnia and Stoianka appeared.

Irpin was formed in 1899 as a passing loop, during construction of the KyivKovel railway line. Railway workers founded the town near the railway line, along with other localities such as Bucha and Vorzel. The city's name (along with the settlement of Vorzel) was chosen due to its location on the Irpin River.

From 26 July 1941, from the Battle of Kyiv onwards, it was occupied by the Wehrmacht until November 1943, when Kyiv was recaptured. Most of its Jewish population were murdered in either Babi Yar or other massacres by the Nazis.

In 1954, the community of Irpin built the Irpin Central House of Culture.

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

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