Moryntsi
Encyclopedia
Moryntsi 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.
have been found in the area of Moryntsi. The first recorded mention of the settlement was in 1648.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
(selo) in central Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is located in the Zvenyhorodsky Raion (district
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
) of the Cherkasy Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy).-Geography:...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
), approximately 35 km from the raion's administrative center
Capital City
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, Zvenyhorodka
Zvenyhorodka
Zvenyhorodka or Zvenigorodka , German: Swenigorodka, is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine on the river Gniloi Tikich.- History :The town is the administrative center of the Zvenyhorodsky Raion ....
.
The great Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...
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 cultureChernyakhov culture
The Sântana de Mureș–Chernyakhiv culture is the name given to an archaeological culture which flourished between the 2nd and 5th centuries in a wide area of Eastern Europe, specifically in what today constitutes Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and parts of Belarus...
have been found in the area of Moryntsi. The first recorded mention of the settlement was in 1648.