Lwów

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Lwów is a historic city in Eastern Europe, now known as Lviv in western Ukraine, long recognized as a major cultural and political center of the region.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
historical city
country Ukraine
culturalTradition Austro-Hungarian urban culture
Jewish culture
Polish culture
Ukrainian culture
currentName Lviv
linked to: Lwów
event Soviet annexation of Eastern Poland (1939)
post–World War II population transfers
foundedBy Danylo of Halych
hasCulturalInstitution Lwów Opera (historical name of Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet)
hasHeritageStatus historic center inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site (as Lviv)
hasNameInLanguage Lemberg (German)
linked to: Lwów

Lviv (Ukrainian)
linked to: Lwów

Lwów (Polish)
linked to: Lwów

Lwów (historical English usage)
hasUniversity University of Lwów (historical name of Lviv University)
linked to: University of Lviv
historicalPopulationGroup Jews
Poles
Ukrainians
historicalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia

Ruthenia
linked to: Kresy
languageHistoricallySpoken German
Polish
Ukrainian
Yiddish
locatedIn Eastern Europe
Western Ukraine
namedAfter Leo I of Galicia
partOf Austria-Hungary
Austrian Empire
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Poland (interwar period)
Second Polish Republic
Soviet Union
Ukrainian SSR
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
religiousCenterFor Armenian Catholic community (regional)
Roman Catholic Church (regional)
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (regional)
role major trade center (historically)
regional cultural center
regional political center
wasCapitalOf Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
Lwów Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
linked to: Lwów Voivodeship
wasOccupiedBy Nazi Germany
Soviet Union

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Ukrainians majorCityInHomeland Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Ignacy Mościcki residence Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Ludwig von Mises birthPlace Lemberg
linked to: Lwów
Lwów currentName Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Lwów hasNameInLanguage Lwów (Polish)
linked to: Lwów
Lwów hasNameInLanguage Lviv (Ukrainian)
linked to: Lwów
Lwów hasNameInLanguage Lemberg (German)
linked to: Lwów
Kraków twinCity Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Stanislaw Ulam placeOfBirth Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Wrocław twinCity Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Holodomor memorials locatedIn Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive liberatedCity Lviv
linked to: Lwów
District of Galicia capital Lviv
linked to: Lwów
District of Galicia capital Lemberg
linked to: Lwów
District of Galicia containsCity Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Emanuel Ax placeOfBirth Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Rochdale hasTwinTown Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Lwów Polytechnic locatedIn Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Austro-Hungarian Army garrison Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Western Ukraine hasPart Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Western Ukraine culturalCenter Lviv
linked to: Lwów
West Ukrainian People’s Republic capital Lviv
linked to: Lwów
West Ukrainian People’s Republic proclaimedIn Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia capital Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Lublin twinCity Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Wanda Wasilewska workLocation Lviv
linked to: Lwów
University of Lviv locatedIn Lviv
linked to: Lwów
University of Lviv city Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Amiens twinnedWith Lviv
subject linked to: Amiens, France
linked to: Lwów
Lwów Uprising (1944) place Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Lwów Uprising (1944) category History of Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Lwów Voivodeship capital Lwów
Lwów Voivodeship capital Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Zamość twinTown Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Polish–Ukrainian War locatedIn Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Polish–Ukrainian War capitalContested Lviv
linked to: Lwów
Ludwig von Mises birthPlace Lemberg
subject linked to: von Mises
linked to: Lwów
Kresy containsCity Lwów
Soviet Ukraine majorCity Lviv
linked to: Lwów