Moryntsi
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Moryntsi (Ukrainian: Моринці) is a village (selo) in central Ukraine. It is located in the Zvenyhorodsky 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.References
- () (1972). Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
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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| Subdivisions of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Raions: |
Cherkasy City | Cherkasky Raion | Chornobaivsky Raion | Chyhyrynsky Raion | Drabivsky Raion | Horodyshchensky Raion | Kamiansky Raion | Kaniv City | Kanivsky Raion | Katerynopilsky Raion | Khrystynivsky Raion | Korsun-Shevchenkivsky Raion | Lysiansky Raion | Mankivsky Raion | Monastyryshchensky Raion | Shpoliansky Raion | Smila City | Smiliansky Raion |Talnivsky Raion | Uman City | Umansky Raion | Vatutine City | Zhashkivsky Raion | Zolotonosha City | Zolotonisky Raion | Zvenyhorodsky Raion
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| Cities: |
Cherkasy | Chyhyryn | Horodyshche | Kamianka | Kaniv | Khrystynivka | Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi | Monastyryshche | Shpola | Smila | Talne | Uman | Vatutine | Zhashkiv | Zolotonosha | Zvenyhorodka
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| Towns: |
Babanka | Buky | Chornobai | Drabiv | Irdyn | Katerynopil | Lysianka | Mankivka | Shramivka | Stebliv | Tsvitkove | Tsybuliv | Verkhniachka | Vilshana | Yerky
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| Villages: | Moryntsi | ||
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