Rakovets, Pustomyty Raion

Rakovets (Ukrainian: Ра́ковець, in the past had the name Mlynivtsi (Ukrainian: Млинівці)) – is a small village (selo), which is located in Pustomyty Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine.
The village covers an area of 1,28 km2, and the population of the village is just about 207 persons.[1] Local government is administered by Rakovetska village council.[2]

Rakovets

Раковець
village
Flag
Rakovets
Coordinates: 49°39′11″N 24°01′20″E
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
District Pustomyty Raion
Established1484
Area
 • Total128 km2 (49 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 • Total207
 • Density1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
81164
Area code+380 3230
Websiteсело Раковець, райцентр Пустомити, облцентр Львів (Ukrainian)

Geography

The village is located at an altitude of 290 metres (950 ft) above sea level, on the right bank of the Zubra River, a left tributary of the Dniester River (Dniester river basin).[3] It is at a distance 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) on the east of the Highway M06 (Ukraine) ( M06) at a distance 23 kilometres (14 mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 29 kilometres (18 mi) from the district center Pustomyty and 248 kilometres (154 mi) from the city of Uzhhorod.

History

Rakovets village was mentioned for the first time in 1484. Its name comes from the crayfish (Rak richkovyy). Originally the village was a town. Then, unable to compete with neighboring Lviv, over the years the city has become a village.

Cult constructions and attractions

The village has an architectural monument of national importance, the Roman Catholic Church of St. Valentine, which currently is inactive. This Catholic church was built in 1856. In 1890 it was severely damaged, but was later restored.[4]

An architectural monument of local importance in the village is the Church of the Holy Virgin Protection,[5] built in 1904 by the famous Ukrainian architect Vasyl Nahirnyy[6] and the bell tower of the church of the Holy Virgin Protection (wooden). The church belongs to the Diocese of UGCC.

The miraculous spring is at the eastern edge of Rakovets. The spring is very well groomed[7] and refers to the natural monuments.

  • Rakovets. Church of St.Valentine (1856). Is an inactive object.
  • The miraculous spring in the village Rakovets, Pustomyty Raion.
  • The stone chapel near the miraculous spring in the village Rakovets, Pustomyty Raion

References
  1. Село Раковець (Львівська обл.): карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  2. Раковецька сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
  3. Encyclopædia Britannica, Dniester River
  4. Костел св.Валентина (с.Раковець, Львівська обл.): карта, опис (in Ukrainian)
  5. Церква Покрови Пресвятої Богородиці (с.Раковець, Львівська обл.): карта, опис (in Ukrainian)
  6. uk:Нагірний Василь Степанович
  7. Цілющі джерела України. Львівська область, Пустомитівський район, с. Раковець (in Ukrainian)

Literature
  • Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Пустомитівський район, Раковець. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 603 (in Ukrainian)


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