Spas ( uk, Спас) is a small village (or
selo) in the
Lviv Raion (or district), of
Lviv Oblast (
province), which is in the
western part of Ukraine. It is also part of the
Kamianka-Buzka urban hromada, one of the many
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s (analogous to a municipality) of Ukraine.
The population of the village is just about 276 people, and local government is administered by Streptivska village council.
Geography
Spas is located along the western bank of the
Bug River, which flows north/northwest into the
Vistula River in
Poland. It is approximately from the regional center of
Lviv, and approximately from the district center of
Kamianka-Buzka. Spas is also approximately from the city of
Brody.
History and Attractions
The official founding year of the village is considered to be 1493.
During the
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...
, until 1934, the village was an independent commune in
Kamionecki County of the
Tarnopol Voivodeship
Tarnopol Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo tarnopolskie) was an administrative region of interwar Poland (1918–1939), created on 23 December 1920, with an area of 16,500 km² and provincial capital in Tarnopol (now ''Ternopil'', Ukraine). The voi ...
. On August 1st, 1934, in connection with the administrative reforms, it was incorporated into the newly created rural collective commune of
Żelechów Wielki
Żelechów (Yiddish זשעלעכאָוו) is a town in east Poland in Masovian Voivodeship in Garwolin County. It is the seat of Gmina Żelechów. Żelechów is from Warsaw and far from Lublin. More than 4000 people live in the town. It is a ...
(and partly into the commune of
Kamionka Strumiłowa
Kamianka-Buzka ( uk, Кам'янка-Бузька, Kamianka-Buzka, ) is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kamianka-Buzka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city was previousl ...
) in the same county and voivodeship. Po wojnie wieś weszła w struktury administracyjne
Związku Radzieckiego. After the
World War II, the village entered the administrative structures of the Soviet Union.
Until 18 July 2020, Spas belonged to
Kamianka-Buzka Raion. However, the raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of a series of administrative reforms in Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Lviv Oblast down to seven. The area of Kamianka-Buzka Raion was also split between the
Chervonohrad
Chervonohrad ( uk, Червоноград, ; former Polish name: ''Krystynopol'', uk, Кристинопіль, 'Krystynopil', german: Krisnipolye) is a mining city and the administrative center of Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukr ...
and Lviv Raions, with Spas being transferred to the Lviv Raion.
The village has an architectural monument of local importance to the Kamianka-Buzka Raion.
[ Пам'ятки архітектури Кам'янка-Бузького району ] The Church of the Transfiguration which was built in the early 20th century (2300M) in located in the village. There is also a public park to the village's immediate south.
References
External links
Kam'ianka-Buzkyi district, village Spasweather.in.ua
Literature
* Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Стрептів. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 439 {{in lang, uk
Villages in Lviv Raion