Lwów

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city historical city

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.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → historical city →
country	Ukraine →
culturalTradition	Austro-Hungarian urban culture → Jewish culture → Polish culture → Ukrainian culture →
currentName	Lviv →
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) → Lviv (Ukrainian) → Lwów (Polish) → Lwów (historical English usage) →
hasUniversity	University of Lwów (historical name of Lviv University) →
historicalPopulationGroup	Jews → Poles → Ukrainians →
historicalRegion	Galicia → Ruthenia →
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 →
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) →
wasOccupiedBy	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →

Referenced by (62)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
District of Galicia ("Lviv") → District of Galicia → District of Galicia ("Lemberg") → Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ("Lviv") → Lwów Voivodeship → Lwów Voivodeship ("Lviv") → West Ukrainian People’s Republic ("Lviv") →	capital
Holodomor memorials ("Lviv") → Lwów Opera ("Lviv") → Lwów Polytechnic → Lwów Polytechnic ("Lviv") → Polish–Ukrainian War ("Lviv") → University of Lviv ("Lviv") →	locatedIn
Ludwig von Mises ("Lemberg") → Ludwig von Mises ("Lemberg") → Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski →	birthPlace
Lwów ("Lwów (Polish)") → Lwów ("Lviv (Ukrainian)") → Lwów ("Lemberg (German)") →	hasNameInLanguage
Lwów Voivodeship → Second Polish Republic → Soviet Ukraine ("Lviv") →	majorCity
Emanuel Ax ("Lviv") → Stanislaw Ulam ("Lviv") → Stanisław Ostrowski →	placeOfBirth
Kraków ("Lviv") → Lublin ("Lviv") → Wrocław ("Lviv") →	twinCity
Hugo Steinhaus → Stanisław Ostrowski → Wanda Wasilewska ("Lviv") →	workLocation
District of Galicia ("Lviv") → Kresy →	containsCity
Daniel of Galicia ("city of Lviv") → Leo I of Galicia ("Lviv") →	founded
Right-bank Ukraine ("Lviv") → Western Ukraine ("Lviv") →	hasPart
Leuven ("Lviv") → Rochdale ("Lviv") →	hasTwinTown
Lwów School of Mathematics → Lwów School of Mathematics ("Lviv") →	location
Lwów Uprising (1944) → Lwów Uprising (1944) ("Lviv") →	place
Ignacy Mościcki ("Lviv") → Jędrzej Moraczewski →	residence
Lwów Voivodeship →	administrativeCenter
Polish–Ukrainian War ("Lviv") →	capitalContested
Leo I of Galicia ("Lviv") →	capitalEstablished
Lwów Uprising (1944) ("History of Lviv") →	category
University of Lviv ("Lviv") →	city
Western Ukraine ("Lviv") →	culturalCenter
Lwów ("Lviv") →	currentName
Austro-Hungarian Army ("Lviv") →	garrison
armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy ("Lviv") →	garrisonedIn
Right-bank Ukraine ("Lviv") →	hasMajorCity
Eastern Poland →	historicallyIncludedCity
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ("Lviv") →	liberatedCity
Ukrainians ("Lviv") →	majorCityInHomeland
West Ukrainian People’s Republic ("Lviv") →	proclaimedIn
Leo I of Galicia ("Lviv") →	ruledFrom
Amiens ("Lviv") →	twinnedWith
Zamość ("Lviv") →	twinTown