Cossack Cross 30 – 1840

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Cossack Cross 30 – 1840

Map number: 30

Year of burial: 1840

Name and surname: YOAN Y HRYHO / RIY SHMYHORY

Inscription: 1840 ГОДА / ЗДЕСЪ О / ПОЧИВАЮ / ТЬ МЛАЦИ / ИОАНЪ И ГРИГО / РІИ ШМИГОРИ

Form typology: Pattée-straight cross.

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Description

In the word «млаци» the letter А is under a titlo. According to research by Professor T. H. Honcharuk, the surname Shmyhora matches the surname of the owners of the Kuialnyk quarries, who in 1837 quarried stone for the construction of the Potemkin Stairs.