Plavie (, ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

(''selo'') in

Stryi Raion Stryi Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Stryi. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was reduced to seven, a ...

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is History Name The region is named ...

, in western

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. The village is located in the

Ukrainian Carpathians The Ukrainian Carpathians () are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territories of four Ukrainian regions (oblasts), ...

, within the limits of the

Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds (; ; ; ) are a geological group of mountain ranges of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. As a continuation of the Central Beskids, this mountain range includes the far southeastern corner ...

(

Skole Beskids The Skole Beskids (; ) is a mountain range in western Ukraine, belonging to the set of ranges called the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The mountains are composed primary ...

) in southern Lviv Oblast. It belongs to Koziova rural hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. Local government–Plavianska village council. The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1523. Until 18 July 2020, Plavie belonged to

Skole Raion Skole Raion () was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Skole. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblas ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.

Geography

Remotely from

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

on 132 km, from

Skole Skole (, ) is a small List of cities in Ukraine, city in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (oblast, region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The earliest written menti ...

- 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 (mainly Greek Catholics) have an opportunity to visit the Church of St.

Archangel Michael Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second ...

(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). * 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), Priest of the Parish of the village Plavie from 1947 to 1977. * Voloshyn Ivan Mykolayovych (1934), Ukrainian geographer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Tourism of

Lviv State University of Physical Culture Lviv State University of Physical Culture () is a university specializing in sports education located in Lviv, Ukraine. History Lviv State University of Physical Culture was established as a Soviet educational institution specializing in sports e ...

. * Jaroslava Korol (1954-2009), Ukrainian painter (sacred art). * Myhaylo Polyanchych Полянчич Михайло Михайлович
(1958), Ukrainian politician.

Gallery

File:Плав'є. Церква Св. Михаїла (сучасний вигляд).JPG, St. Nicholas Church. Plavie (Skole Raion). File:Плав'є. Дзвіниця церкви Св.Михаїла (дер.).JPG, The bell tower of the church of St. Michael (wooden), 1886. Village Plavie.

Geography

Culture

Famous people from Plavie

Gallery

Notes

References

Literature