Mezhyrich, Cherkasy Oblast

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Mezhyrich Межиріч
Village
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Mezhyrich Location within Cherkasy Oblast Show map of Cherkasy Oblast Mezhyrich Location within Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°37′30″N 31°25′54″E / 49.62500°N 31.43167°E / 49.62500; 31.43167
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Raion	Cherkasy Raion
Hromada	Mezhyrich rural hromada
Area
• Total	2.31 km2 (0.89 sq mi)
Population
• Total	718
• Density	311/km2 (805/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	19035
Area code	+380 04736
Website	Ukrainian Parliament website

Mezhyrich (Ukrainian: Межиріч, also referred to as Mezhirich) is a village (selo) in central Ukraine. It is located in Cherkasy Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province), near the point where the Rosava River flows into the Ros'. Mezhyrich belongs to Kaniv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Until 18 July 2020 Mezhyrich belonged to Kaniv Raion. The raion was abolished as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Kaniv Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion. Mezhyrich hosted the administration of Mezhyrich rural hromada, which was abolished and merged into Kaniv urban hromada.

Prehistoric finds

Mezhyrich dwelling
Mammoth bone dwelling
Interactive map of Mezhyrich dwelling
Immovable Monument of National Significance of Ukraine
Official name	Стоянка (Dwelling)
Type	Archaeology
Reference no.	230017-Н

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 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 ochre dots and lines
• amber ornaments and fossil shells

See also

• Mezine
• Prehistoric Europe

Bibliography

• Bibikov, Sergei Nikolaevich; Archaeological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1981). Drevneyshyy muzykal'nyy kompleks iz kostei mamonta: ocherk materialnoi i Dukhovnoi Kultury Paleoliticheskogo Cheloveka Древнейший музыкальный комплекс из костей мамонта: очерк материальной и духовной культуры палеолитического человека [The oldest musical complex from the bones of a mammoth: an essay of the material and spiritual culture of the Paleolithic man] (in Russian). Kiev, Ukraine: Naukova Dumka. Contains a summary in English and French; table of contents also in English and French.
• Pidoplichko, I. H. (1998). Upper Palaeolithic dwellings of mammoth bones in the Ukraine: Kiev-Kirillovskii, Gontsy, Dobranichevka, Mezin and Mezhirich. Oxford: J. and E. Hedges. ISBN 0-86054-949-6.
• Pidoplichko, I. H. (1978). The Mezhirich mammoth-bone houses. U.S. Geological Survey. ASIN B0006WZGIS.
• Історія міст і сіл Української CCP – Черкаська область [History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR – Cherkasy Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Kiev. 1972.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Gregorovich, Andrew. "Ancient Inventions of Ukraine". FORUM. Ukrainian Fraternal Association. Archived from the original on 2024-12-02 – via InfoUkes.
• Hitchcock, Don. "Mezhyrich / Межиріч - Mammoth Camp". Don's Maps: Resources for the study of Archaeology. Archived from the original on 2026-02-05. Retrieved 5 June 2026.

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