Moryntsi
| Moryntsi Моринці | |||
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  Moryntsi Moryntsi in Cherkasy Oblast | |||
| Coordinates: UA 49°15′N 31°0′E / 49.250°N 31.000°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Cherkasy | ||
| Raion | Zvenyhorodka | ||
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| • 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.
Monument to mother of Taras Shevchenko
Welcome sign at the village's entrance
Another welcome sign at the village's entrance
Yakym Boiko's hut, grandfather of Taras Shevchenko
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.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moryntsi, Zvenyhorodskyi Raion. |
- Moryntsi Website
- Hiking the Ukrainian countryside at Welcome to Ukraine Magazine
- Taras Shevchenko's autobiography at the Taras Shevchenko Museum
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Coordinates: 49°15′7″N 31°0′4″E / 49.25194°N 31.00111°E
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