Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine city

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• overview
• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine city overview

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine coat of arms

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

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine map location

All spellings of this city: Lvov, Lwow, Lwov, Lvow (Russian), Lviv, Lviw, Lwiv, Lwiw (Ukrainian). But the most popular are Lviv or Lvov.

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

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine architecture

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine city history

Lvov (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.

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine city founder Danilo Galitskiy monument

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.

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine Adam Mickiewicz (literary hero) monument

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.

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine city hall at night

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.

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine Orthodox church

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".

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine main street

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.

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine open air museum

Lvov (Lviv) 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 Ukraine.

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine train station

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine hotel "Dnister"

Lvov (Lviv) 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 Lvov city.

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine palace

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine street view

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine Armenian church court yard

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

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine photos - TV tower

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine photos - night time

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine photos - night view

Lvov (Lviv) Ukraine beautiful view

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