Rawa Ruska

Rava-Ruska Рава-Руська
City of district significance
Old town of Rava-Ruska
Flag Coat of arms
Rava-Ruska Location within Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°13′30″N 23°37′27″E / 50.22500°N 23.62417°E / 50.22500; 23.62417
Country	Ukraine
Region	Lviv Oblast
District	Zhovkva Raion
Founded	1455
Named for	Rawa Mazowiecka
Area
• Total	8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Elevation	349 m (1,145 ft)
Population (2013)
• Total	8,426

Rava-Ruska (Ukrainian: Рава-Руська, translit. Rava-Rus'ka; Polish: Rawa Ruska; Yiddish: ראווע‎, Rave) is a city in Zhovkva Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is a border town between Ukraine and Poland. The border checkpoint is situated 8 km (5 mi) west of the city, along the international autoroute Warsaw - Lviv. Population: 8,426 (2013 est.).

Rawa-Ruska was founded in 1455 by the Polish prince Władysław I of Płock, Duke of Bełz and Mazovia, who named the settlement after his regional seat, Rawa Mazowiecka located further west. Due to a convenient location along the merchant trail from Lublin to Lwów, the newly located town quickly developed. For centuries, Rawa was part of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It remained in private hands of several consecutive szlachta families, such as the Głogowski, Suchodolski, Rzeczycki and Bogusz. In 1622, the town received permission of the King of Poland to organize fairs. In 1672, a skirmish between Polish and Crimean Tatar forces took place here, in which Polish unit under Atanazy Miaczynski freed hundreds of captured peasants. In 1698, Rawa was the site of a meeting between Peter the Great and Augustus the Strong, which led to the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye in 1699.