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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 hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
Moryntsi
Моринці | |
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Village | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Moryntsi Moryntsi in Cherkasy Oblast  Moryntsi Moryntsi (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 49°15′N 31°0′E / 49.250°N 31.000°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Cherkasy |
| Raion |  Zvenyhorodka |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,103 |
| Website | Ukrainian Parliament website |
The 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.
Population
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editDistribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[2]
| Language | Number | Percentage |
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| Ukrainian | 2 077 | 98.76% |
| Russian | 26 | 1.24% |
| Total | 2 103 | 100.00% |
History
editRemains 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
edit- ^ "Звенигородська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).
Sources
edit- (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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