Slavske

Slavsko is a rural settlement and a popular ski resort in the Skole Beskids range of the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine.

Slavsko is situated in the valley of the Opir and Slavka rivers in an area traditionally inhabited by the Boyko highlanders, adjacent to southeast Poland and northeast Slovakia.

The mountains surrounding Slavsko are of volcanic origin with forest cover, with an average height of about 1,200 m to 1,400 m. The town is conveniently located on an important rail line which connects Ukrainian cities with Uzhhorod as well as Slovakia and Hungary.

According to tradition, Slavsko takes its name from a band of intrepid warriors of Early East Slavs (Drevlians) led by Prince Sviatoslav Volodymyrovich, one of the ill-fated sons of Vladimir I of Kiev killed by his half-brother Sviatopolk I in 1015.

Sviatoslav was attempting to escape to Hungary after the murder of his brothers Boris and Gleb when he was intercepted by Sviatopolk's men and killed in the upper reaches of the Opir River.

While its pistes cannot rival those in Western Europe, there are slopes, such as the central ski track operated by the Dinamo sports centre, touted by local authorities as being of international competitive standards.

Church the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1901)
Coat of arms of Skole Raion
Coat of arms of Skole Raion