Moryntsi

Moryntsi (Ukrainian: Моринці) is a village (selo) in central Ukraine. It is located in the Zvenyhorodka Raion (district) of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), approximately 35 km from the raion's administrative center, Zvenyhorodka. Moryntsi belongs to Zvenyhorodka urban hromada, one of the amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

Moryntsi

Моринці
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Moryntsi
Moryntsi in Cherkasy Oblast
Moryntsi
Moryntsi (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°15′N 31°0′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Cherkasy Oblast
RaionZvenyhorodka
Population
  Total2,103
WebsiteUkrainian Parliament website

The great Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko was born in Moryntsi in 1814. The peasant house in which he was born has been restored and functions as a museum of his life.

History

Remains of the Chernyakhov culture have been found in the area of Moryntsi. The first recorded mention of the settlement was in 1648.

References

Notes

  1. "Звенигородская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

Sources

  • (in Ukrainian) (1972). Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP – Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR – Cherkasy Oblast), Kiev.

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