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Country
  
Ukraine

Established
  
1523

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
4.47 km²

District
  
Skole Raion

Elevation/(average value of)
  
650 m (2,130 ft)

Postal code
  
82643

Province
  
Lviv Oblast

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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 the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern Lviv Oblast in Skole Raion.
Local government–Plav'ianska village council.
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1523.

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Map of Plav'ya, Lvivska, Ukraine

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. and for the first time in writing referred to as "Splavie".
The village has two schools (Plavie-Brynivka and Plavie-Vadrusivka), 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

  • Chaykovskyy Roman Vasyliovych (literary pseudonym - Roman Olhovych) (1905 - 1994) – poet, the Priest of the Parish of the village Plavie many years.
  • Kosar Antin Hryhorovych (1912 - 1977) – the Priest of the Parish of the village Plavie from 1947 to 1977.
  • Voloshyn Ivan Mykolayovych (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).
  • Polyanchych Myhaylo Myhaylovych (1958) – Ukrainian politician.
  • Literature

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

    Plavie Wikipedia