Moryntsi

Moryntsi Моринці
Village
Coat of arms of Moryntsi Coat of arms
Moryntsi Moryntsi in Cherkasy Oblast
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy
Raion	Zvenyhorodka
Population
• Total	2,103
Website	Ukrainian Parliament website

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.

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.

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  Monument to mother of Taras Shevchenko

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  Welcome sign at the village's entrance

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  Another welcome sign at the village's entrance

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  Yakym Boiko's hut, grandfather of Taras Shevchenko

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  Birthplace of Shevchenko

References

• (Ukrainian) (1972). Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP – Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR – Cherkasy Oblast), Kiev.

External links

• Moryntsi Website
• Hiking the Ukrainian countryside at Welcome to Ukraine Magazine
• Taras Shevchenko's autobiography at the Taras Shevchenko Museum