Boryspil

Infobox City
official_name = Boryspil
native_name = Бориспіль
settlement_type = Town
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Ukraine
image_

subdivision_type1 = Oblast
region_type_local = Raion
subdivision_name1 = Kiev
region_link = Kiev Oblast
region_name_local = Boryspilsky Raion
population_total = 55000
population_as_of = 2005
area_total_km2 = 37.01
established_date = 1015
established_title = First mentioned
elevation_m =
latd = 50| latm = 21
latNS = N
longd = 30
longm = 57
longEW = E
website = http://www.boryspil.osp-ua.info/|

Boryspil ( _uk. Бориспіль, translit. "Boryspil’", _ru. Борисполь; also referred to as Borispol) is a city located in the Kiev Oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Boryspilskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.

The current estimated population is around 53,400 (as of 2004).

Although known as a settlement since at least 1154 and known under the modern name since 1590, it was not until 1956 that the place was received a city status. Currently the town is home to the country's main airport, Boryspil International Airport (international code KBP) and some minor industry.

Ruslan Bidnenko, a FC Dynamo Kiev football player, was born in the city.

ee also

* Battle of Boryspil

External links

* [http://boryspillive.at.ua website of the city of Boryspil]