The village of Vorsivka lies on the left bank of the Viznia River, about 9 km from Malyn, and is part of the Malyn urban hromada of Korosten district. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 374. In 1649, Vorsivka was a sotnia town of the Kyiv Regiment, and it is with this page of history that the village's most interesting landmark is connected — a granite slab bearing the names of the Cossacks of the Vorsivka sotnia.
These Cossacks fought in the army of Bohdan Khmelnytsky during the Ukrainian people's liberation war against Polish rule. The Cossack past is also recalled by the village coat of arms, which depicts a Cossack with a spear.
The names of the soldiers of the sotnia are carved onto the slab. Among them are:
Avram, Vasyl, Lavrin, Ovsii, Matvii, Yasko, Vasko, Mysko, Yukhym, Tymosh, Fesko, Parkhom, Yarmola, Omelyan, Harasym, Kondrat, Martyn, Tomylo, Havrylo, Hryshko, Nychypor, Sakhno, Artiukh, Demko, Yatsko, Fesko, Pylyp, Hnat, Yarmola, Demyd, Kalennyk, Levko, Ivanets, Yevkhym, Khylko, Fylon.
The list is compiled from the 1649 Register of the Zaporozhian Host, so the names on the slab are authentic. It reflects the composition of the Vorsivka sotnia and testifies to the participation of local residents in the events of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. After the war, many residents of Vorsivka resettled to the Left Bank.
Vorsivka preserves other landmarks as well: the late 19th-century St. Nicholas Church (since 2019, the parish has belonged to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine) and the old clubhouse building. The granite slab with the names of the Cossacks is a valuable source for studying mid-17th-century Cossack formations and a good excuse to stop in the village on the way to Malyn.
Photo authors: Roman Malenkov, Serhii Shcherbii.
St. Nicholas Church. Late 19th century.
Clubhouse.
