Skole Raion ( uk, Сколівський район) was a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
in
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
in western
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
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 Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into
Stryi Raion
Stryi Raion ( uk, Стрийський район) is a raion 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 Obl ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was .
It was established in 1940.
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three
hromadas:
*
Kozova rural hromada with the administration in the
selo of
Kozova
Kozova (Ukrainian: Козова; Polish: ''Kozowa''; Russian: Козо́ва) is an urban-type settlement in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, in the area historically known as Galicia, east of Berezhany, some west ...
;
*
Skole urban hromada
Skole ( uk, Ско́ле) is a town in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Population: .
History
The first official date recorded for Skole was in ...
with the administration in Skole;
*
Slavske settlement hromada with the administration in the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of
Slavske.
People from Skole Raion
*
Petro Jacyk
Peter "Petro" Jacyk (July 7, 1921— November 1, 2001) was a Canadian entrepreneur of Ukrainian descent and a philanthropist.
He was the founder of the Prombank Group of Companies and the Petro Jacyk Education Foundation.
Early life and educati ...
, born in
Verkhnie Synovydne
Verkhnie Synovydne ( uk, Ве́рхнє Синьови́дне, former name, to 1946 uk, Синьовидсько Вижнє, translit=Synovydsko Vyzhnie, label=none, pl, Synowódzko Wyżne) is an urban-type settlement in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblas ...
— a Ukrainian Canadian businessman and
philanthropist.
Gallery
File:Plav'ya - a village in Ukraine..JPG, Villages in Lviv Oblast. Plavie, Skole Raion.
File:National Park Skole Beskids. Place of rest..JPG, Ukraine. Skole Raion. Resting place next to the highway Lviv - Uzhhorod.
File:Mt. Trostyan (1235 m)..JPG, View of Mount Trostian[ :uk:Тростян ] (1235 m) in Slavske from the village Plavie.
References
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Former raions of Lviv Oblast
1940 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform