Dovzhky, Skole Raion


Dovzhky - a small Carpathian village in the Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine.

The population of the village is about 513 people and Local government is administered by Dovzhkivska village council.

Geography

The village is located on the slopes of the eponymous of the Mountain Ridge Dovzhky.
It is deep in the mountains at northwest of the Highway M06 at a distance from the regional center of Lviv, from the district center Skole and from the city of Uzhhorod.

History and Attractions

The first written record of the village dates from 1556. The first name of the village was Malyy Ilnychok, later - Dolske. Only after 1945 the village has been called Dovzhky.
In the village is an architectural monument of local importance of Skole Raion. It is a wooden Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple and wooden Belltower.

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