Sokyrynzi (Sribne)
| Sokyrynzi | |||
| Сокиринці | |||
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| Oblast : | Chernihiv Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Sribne district | ||
| Height : | 138 m | ||
| Area : | 46.36 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,386 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 30 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 17312 | ||
| Area code : | +380 4639 | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 42 ' N , 32 ° 47' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 7425188001 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Address: | вул. Радянська 43 17312 с. Сокиринці |
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Sokyrynzi ( Ukrainian Сокиринці ; Russian Сокиринцы Sokirinzy ) is a village in the Ukrainian Oblast of Chernihiv with about 1,300 inhabitants (2004).
The village, first mentioned in writing in 1092, is located on the left bank of the Utka ( Утка ), a 16 km long tributary of the Horyn and is the only village in the district council of the same name in Sribne district .
In Sokyrynzi there is a castle and park belonging to the Galagan family from the 19th century, which is now a listed building, and where the Ukrainian social activist, ethnographer , philanthropist and patron Hryhorij Galagan was born.
In the middle to the end of the 19th century, the Ukrainian Kobsar Ostap Weressai Sokyrynzi , who came from the neighboring town of Kaljuschynzi , chose to live . He died in the village in April 1890 and was buried here. His grave is still in the village today, as well as a memorial and a museum in his memory.
The village is located 5 km north of the trunk road N 07 about 15 km northwest of the Rajon center Sribne and 205 km southeast of the Oblast capital Chernihiv .
Grave of Ostap Weressai
Castle front
Castle back
Castle park plan
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The village website on the official Verkhovna Rada website , accessed on October 12, 2016
- ↑ Castle and Park in Sokyrynzi , pictures and description; accessed on October 12, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ^ History and description of the castle in Sokyrynzi ; accessed on October 12, 2016 (Ukrainian)