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Country
  
Ukraine

Raion
  
Kaniv Raion

Local time
  
Monday 3:11 PM

Oblast
  
Cherkasy Oblast

Area
  
231 ha

Mezhyrich

Website
  
Ukrainian Parliament website

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 56% Humidity

Mezhyrich (Ukrainian: Межиріч, also referred to as Mezhirich) is a village (selo) in central Ukraine. It is located in the Kaniv Raion (district) of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), approximately 22 km from the region's administrative center, Kaniv, near the point where the Rosava River flows into the Ros'.

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Map of Mezhyrich, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Pre-historic finds

In 1965, a farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth while in the process of expanding his cellar. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters known to have been constructed by pre-historic man, usually attributed to Cro-Magnon. Also found on the site:

  • a map inscribed onto a bone, presumably showing the area around the settlement
  • remains of a "drum", made of a mammoth skull painted with a pattern of red ocher dots and lines
  • amber ornaments and fossil shells

    • References

    Mezhyrich Wikipedia
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