Spas () is a small village (or selo) in the

Lviv Raion Lviv Raion () is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished raions, Horodok, Peremyshliany, ...

(or district), of

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 ...

(

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), which is in the western part of Ukraine. It is also part of the

Kamianka-Buzka urban hromada Kamianka-Buzka urban hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Kamianka-Buzka. Settlements The hromada consists of 1 city (Kamianka-Buzka Kamianka-Buzka (, ) is a List of ci ...

, one of the many

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s (analogous to a municipality) of Ukraine. The population of the village is just about 207 people, and local government is administered by Streptivska village council.

Geography

Spas is located along the western bank of the

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. It is approximately from the regional center of

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, and approximately from the district center of

Kamianka-Buzka Kamianka-Buzka (, ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, 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 previously known as Kamianka St ...

. Spas is also approximately from the city of

Brody Brody (, ; ; ; ) is a city in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr, Styr River, approximately northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv. Brody hosts the administrati ...

History and Attractions

The official founding year of the village is considered to be 1493. During the

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, until 1934, the village was an independent commune in Kamionecki County of the

Tarnopol Voivodeship Tarnopol Voivodeship (; ) was an administrative region of Second Polish Republic, 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 1, 1934, in connection with the administrative reforms, it was incorporated into the newly created rural collective commune of Żelechów Wielki (and partly into the commune of

Kamionka Strumiłowa Kamianka-Buzka (, ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, 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 previously known as Kamianka St ...

) in the same county and voivodeship. Po wojnie wieś weszła w struktury administracyjne Związku Radzieckiego. After the

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the village entered the administrative structures of the Soviet Union. Until 18 July 2020, Spas belonged to

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

. 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 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 Spas

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Literature

* Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Стрептів. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 439 {{in lang, uk Villages in Lviv Raion