The name of the city is traditionally connected with
Prince Mal of the
Drevlians mentioned in the
Rus' chronicles, particularly during the Drevlian uprising of 945 against
Igor, the
Grand Prince of Kyiv. Malyn was mentioned as a possession of nobleman Hryńko Wnuczkiewicz during the rule of
Alexander Jagiellon at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. After his death, it passed to the Jelec family. Following the
Second Partition of Poland, the town was annexed by
Russia in 1793. In 1801 it passed to the Morzkowski family, and afterwards to the
Radziwiłł family. It was administered as a part of the
Reichskommissariat Ukraine. On March 3, 1975, the village of Horodyshche of the Ukrainian Village Council and the southwestern part of the village of Malynivka of the Malynivka Village Council of the Malyn district were included in the city of Malyn. At least five people were killed in Malyn in the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On February 27, 2022, a Bayraktar drone downed a Russian Buk near Malyn. On March 7, 2022, Russians shelled the town, destroying a two-story building and 3 cars. It is known that one person was killed and 3 others were injured. The Church of St. Michael of the Odesa Diocese of the UOC (MP), located in the city center at 3 Soborna Square, was also destroyed. On May 20, 2022, according to the mayor of Malyn, Oleksandr Sytailo, 3 people were injured and 100 houses were damaged by rocket fire in the town. ==Demographics==