Settlement Type: | Village |
Moryntsi | |
Native Name: | Ukrainian: Моринці |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Zvenyhorodka |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast#Ukraine |
Population Total: | 2103 |
Coordinates: | 49.25°N 31°W |
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.
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% |
Remains of the Chernyakhov culture have been found in the area of Moryntsi. The first recorded mention of the settlement was in 1648.