Plavie

Plav'ye
Village
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv
Raion	Skole Raion
Area	447 km2 (173 sq mi)
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)
Population	1,372
• Density	30,694/km2 (79,500/sq mi)

Plav'ye (Ukrainian: Плав'є) is a village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The village Plav'ye is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians within the limits the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern Lviv Oblast in Skole Raion.

Remotely from Lviv on 132 km, from Skole - 26 km. The village is surrounded by the west mountain range 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). The folk legends known as Plav'ye was founded in 1523. and for the first time in writing referred to as "Splav'ye".

The village inhabitants earn their living growing vegetables nowadays.

The village has two schools (Plav'ye-Brynivka and Plav'ye-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 (Plav'ye-Brynivka) and the Church of St. Miracle Archangel Michael (Plav'ye-Vadrusivka).

The village has 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.

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  St. Nicholas Church. Plav'ye (Skole Raion).
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  The bell tower of the church of St. Michael (wooden), 1886. Village Plav'ye.

References

• [М. Арендач. Село Плав'є: погляд крізь віки. Львів: Ініціатива, 2012–176с. Редактор Ігор Дах. ISBN 966-7173-08-16] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)
• gska2.rada.gov.ua[1]
• Ukrainian: Сколівщина.-Львів.1996[2]
• Plav'ye (Skole Raion)[3]