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Moryntsi

Village in central Ukraine

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Village in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Moryntsi Моринці
Village
Flag Coat of arms
49°15′N 31°0′E / 49.250°N 31.000°E / 49.250; 31.000
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
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. Moryntsi belongs to Zvenyhorodka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1]

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:^[2]

Language	Number	Percentage
Ukrainian	2 077	98.76%
Russian	26	1.24%
Total	2 103	100.00%

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

^ "Звенигородська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).

Sources

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