Skole

The area of Skole Raion is 1,474 km2 (569 sq mi).

The population is 50,188 persons.

The district consists of 57 villages.

There are many notable places in the Skole region. The village of Grebeniv, for example, was once renowned for its sanitarium where Metropolit Sheptytskyy and prime minister Cherchel were treated. Verchne Synevydne is the first remembrance in the Galician–Volhynian Chronicle (1240). This history is concerned with the person of Danylo Galytskyy.

Skole is the birthplace of Polish politician Stanisław Głąbiński and writer Beata Obertyńska.

Yaroslav Koshiv, Ukrainian journalist.[5][6]

Stepan Okhrymovych (Stepan Ochrymowycz), member of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Western Ukraine.

Stanisław Głąbiński, Polish politician, academic, lawyer and writer.

Nataliya Obmochaeva, Russian volleyball player.

Mykhailo and Polaho Svystun were farmers in Skole during the German occupation. They have been recognised as Righteous Gentiles who saved Aaron Wilf, Chaya Wilf, Rose Wilf, Moshy Wilf and two other boys lives. They paid with their lives as Ukrainian neighbours burnt them alive in their house. [3] They were given this honor in 1974 and are on the official list stored by Yad Vashem as Svistun, 'Mikhailo & Polaha and son Vasily'.

Skole was the site of many horrendous atrocities against the Jewish people living there. The Ukrainian Christians living there were described as 10 times crueller than the German executioners by Aaron Wilf in his diaries. Some local residents such as married couple Mykhailo Svystun and Polaho Svystun who saved the lives of a Jewish friend and his family.

The city has two monuments of cultural heritage in Ukraine.

Church of St. Paraskeva (wooden) 17th century.

The bell tower of the church St. Paraskeva (wooden) 1760.

Church of the Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary.