Moryntsi

Moryntsi ( ) 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. The Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko was born in Moryntsi in 1814¹. The peasant house in which he was born has been restored and functions as a museum of his life.

Moryntsi ( ) 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. 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== ===Language=== Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census: ==History== Remains of the Chernyakhov culture have been found in the area of Moryntsi. The first recorded mention of the settlement was in 1648. File:Шевченко 080.jpg|Monument to mother of Taras Shevchenko File:Шевченко 087.jpg|Welcome sign at the village's entrance File:Шевченко 074.jpg|Another welcome sign at the village's entrance File:Шевченко 082.jpg|Yakym Boiko's hut, grandfather of Taras Shevchenko File:Birth-place of Taras Shevshenko.jpg|Birthplace of Shevchenko ==References== ==Sources== (1972). Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP – Черкаська 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

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