Moryntsi

Moryntsi Моринці
—  Town  —
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy
Population
- Total	2,103
Website	Ukrainian Parliament website

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

• (Ukrainian) (1972). Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa 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

Coordinates: 49°15′7″N 31°0′4″E / 49.25194°N 31.00111°E / 49.25194; 31.00111