Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city


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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city overview

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Lviv (Lvov) is a city and administrative center of Lviv oblast of Ukraine, on the picturesque Roztochchya Upland on the Poltva River.

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There are a lot of spellings of this city: Lvov, Lwow, Lwov, Lvow, Lviv, Lviw, Lwiv, Lwiw. But the most popular are Lviv or Lvov.

Lviv Ukraine city population - 735 000 (2007).
Lviv Ukraine city land area - 171 sq. km.
Lviv Ukraine city phone code - +380-32.
Lviv Ukraine city postal code - 79000.

Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city streets

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city history

Lviv city was founded in the mid-13th century by Prince Daniel Romanovich of Galicia, who built a castle on the hill now called a Hill of a High Castle.

Lviv was first mentioned in ancient-Russian manuscripts in 1256. Lvov has historically been the chief center of Galicia, a region now divided between the Ukraine and Poland.

Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city architecture

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Lviv city position controlling east-west routes and passes across the Carpathians has given it a stormy history. The Polish King Kazimir's III troops invaded Lvov in 1340, but the citizens banished the invaders.

Poland control was established in 1349. In 1356 Magdeburg Law was adopted in Lviv town. In 1370-1387 Lvov town was ruled by Hungary. Lvov was seized by the Cossacks in 1648 and the Swedes in 1704.

Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city views

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Lviv was given to Austria on the first partition of Poland in 1772 and after the fall of Austro-Hungary in 1918 the town was ruled by Ukrainian bourgeoisie who proclaimed a short-live "Western Ukrainian People's Republic".

But the Poles drove Ukrainian troops out of Lviv city and regained control. Lvov was joined to Ukrainian Socialist Republic together with western Ukraine in 1939 and after German occupation annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945. During the German occupation over 200 000 citizens of Lvov were killed in concentration camps.

Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city sceneries

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city economy

Modern Lviv retains its nodal position, with nine railways converging on the city. As a result, industrial development has been considerable: engineering products manufactured in Lviv city include buses, agricultural machinery, loading machinery, bicycles, and television sets. There is also a wide range of consumer goods and foodstuffs industries in Lviv city.

Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city monuments

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city airport

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city railway station

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city main attractions

Lviv city is also a major publishing and cultural center, especially of Ukrainian culture, which flourished there in tsarist times. The Lviv University, which was founded in 1661 and named for the Ukrainian poet and journalist Ivan Franko, is one of the institutions of higher education in Lviv.

There are also poly-graphic institute, institute of applied arts, conservatoire. There are also many research establishments in Lviv city of Ukraine.

Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city fortress (kremlin)

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city opera house

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city palace

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city Soviet art

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city Catholic cathedral

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city Orthodox churches

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Lviv (Lvov) Ukraine city cathedral

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