Plavie


Plavie (Ukrainian: Плав'є) is a village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The village Plavie is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, within the limits of the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern Lviv Oblast in Skole Raion.
Local governmentPlav'ianska village council.[1]
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1523.[2]

Plavie

Плав'є
View of the village Plavie.
Plavie
Coordinates: 48°53′19″N 23°20′24″E
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
District Skole Raion
Established1523
Area
  Total447 km2 (173 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
650 m (2,130 ft)
Population
  Total1,372
  Density30,694/km2 (79,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
82643
Area code+380 3251
Websiteсело Плав'я (Ukrainian)

Geography

Remotely from Lviv on 132 km, from Skole - 26 km.
The village is located with the west side of the Mountain Ridge Dovzhky (998 - 1056 m), in the north - Ostrig (1003 m), in the east - the mountain Horby (863 m), and south the mountain Kolyska (867 m). This village is located on the altitude of 650 m above sea level, which forms here the mountain climate.
The settlement takes the form of a horseshoe that was formed as a result of confluence of two rivers (Brynivka and Vadrusivka).

Culture

The folk legends known as Plavie was founded in 1523.[3] and for the first time in writing referred to as "Splavie".
The village has two schools (Plavie-Brynivka and Plavie-Vadrusivka),[4] and the folk ensemble "Brynivochka", which was based at the school.
Christians the Greek Catholic of faith, mainly, have an opportunity to visit the Church of St. Archangel Michael (Plavie-Brynivka) and the Church of St. Miracle Archangel Michael (Plavie-Vadrusivka).

The village has two monuments of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine:

  • Church of St. Michael (wooden), 1888 Village Plav'ye;
  • The bell tower of the church of St. Michael (wooden), 1886 Village Plav'ye.

Famous people from Plavie

  • Stepan Kalynevych (1883 – 1954) educator, organizer, has been for many years director of the school in the village Humnyska, Busk district (1931 – 1944) and in the village Plavie, Skole district (1945 – 1954). [5]
  • Chaykovskyy Roman Vasyliovych (literary pseudonym - Roman Olhovych) [6] (1905 - 1994) poet, the Priest of the Parish of the village Plavie many years.
  • Kosar Antin Hryhorovych [7] (1912 - 1977) the Priest of the Parish of the village Plavie from 1947 to 1977.
  • Voloshyn Ivan Mykolayovych [8] (1934) the Ukrainian geographer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Tourism of Lviv State University of Physical Culture.
  • Jaroslava Korol (1954-2009) the Ukrainian painter (sacred art). [9]
  • Polyanchych Myhaylo Myhaylovych [10] (1958) Ukrainian politician.

Notes

References

Literature

  • Ukrainian: М. Арендач. Село Плав'є: погляд крізь віки. Львів: Ініціатива, 2012–176с. Редактор Ігор Дах.
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