Plast

The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Пласт Національна Скаутська Організація України, Plast Natsionalna Skautska Orhanizatsiia Ukrayiny), commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply Plast, is the largest Scouting organization in Ukraine.

History

First Phase: 1911-1920

Plast was founded in Lviv, Austro-Hungarian Galicia in 1911 as the Ukrainian Scout Organization. Ukrainian Scouting has been known since its inception as "Plast". In Ukrainian a plastun is an historical name for a Cossack scout and sentry serviceman. The founder of Ukrainian Scouting, Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky (alternately Oleksandr Tysowskyj), affectionately known as "Drot," adapted the universal Scout principles to the needs and interests of Ukrainian youth.

Born during great social and political upheavals in Europe, Ukrainian Plast came into being to fulfill specific national aims, unlike other Scout organizations. The first Scout troops were formed in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg) in 1911, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, by Petro Franko and Ivan Chmola. Plast is generally deemed to have been officially founded by Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky on 12 April 1912, at the Lviv Academic Gymnasium.

Plast (disambiguation)

Plast is the largest Scouting organization in Ukraine.

Plast may also refer to:

See also

Plast (town)

Plast (Russian: Пласт) is a town and the administrative center of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains in the upper basin of the Uy River, 127 kilometers (79 mi) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,342 (2010 Census); 17,422 (2002 Census); 18,880 (1989 Census).

History

It was founded as a gold mine in the mid-19th century. Town status was granted to it on October 7, 1940.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plast serves as the administrative center of Plastovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the khutor of Pchelnik), incorporated within Plastovsky District as the Town of Plast. As a municipal division, the Town of Plast is incorporated within Plastovsky Municipal District as Plastovskoye Urban Settlement.

Sport

The interest for bandy has been resumed and the team Metallurg participated in 2015 in the championship for Chelyabinsk Oblast for boys born 2000-02.