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 Lwów self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lviv
event Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
surface form: 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 Lwów self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lemberg (German)

Lwów self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lviv (Ukrainian)

Lwów self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lwów (Polish)

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

Kresy
surface form: Ruthenia
languageHistoricallySpoken German
Polish
Ukrainian
Yiddish
locatedIn Eastern Europe
Western Ukraine
namedAfter Leo I of Galicia
partOf Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Second Polish Republic
surface form: Poland (interwar period)

Second Polish Republic
Soviet Union
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian SSR
religiousCenterFor Armenian Catholic Church
surface form: Armenian Catholic community (regional)

Roman Catholic Church (regional)
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
surface form: 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
surface form: Lwów Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
wasOccupiedBy Nazi Germany
Soviet Union

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leo I of Galicia capitalEstablished Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Leo I of Galicia founded Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Leo I of Galicia ruledFrom Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lwów Opera (historical name of Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet) locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Lwów Opera
this entity surface form: Lviv
Right-bank Ukraine hasPart Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Right-bank Ukraine hasMajorCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Daniel of Galicia founded Lwów
this entity surface form: city of Lviv
Leuven hasTwinTown Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lwów School of Mathematics location Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy garrisonedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Spišská Nová Ves hasTwinTown Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Roman Catholic Church (regional) hasCenter Lwów
subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church (regional) in Lwów
Roman Catholic Church (regional) hasCenter Lwów
subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church (regional) in Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ludwik Fleck placeOfBirth Lwów
Ludwik Fleck workedIn Lwów
Adam Ulam birthPlace Lwów
Chernivtsi historicalName Lwów
this entity surface form: Cernăuți
Noam Elimelech placeOfFirstPublication Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Karl Radek placeOfBirth Lwów
this entity surface form: Lemberg
Karl Radek placeOfBirth Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
UEFA Euro 2012 hostCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld placeOfBirth Lwów
this entity surface form: Lemberg
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld placeOfBirth Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Austrian Partition of Poland capital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lemberg
Polish Air Force pilot Stefan Stec placeOfBirth Lwów
subject surface form: Stefan Stec
Polish Air Force pilot Stefan Stec placeOfDeath Lwów
subject surface form: Stefan Stec
Polish Air Force pilot Stefan Stec residence Lwów
subject surface form: Stefan Stec
Jacek Kuroń placeOfBirth Lwów
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine hasRailwayConnection Lwów
subject surface form: Khmelnytskyi
this entity surface form: Lviv
Great Union of 1918 mainLocation Lwów
this entity surface form: Cernăuți
Lviv region capital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lviv region administrativeCenter Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lviv region containsCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Eastern Galicia centeredOn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Eastern Galicia hasMajorCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Eastern Galicia hasHistoricalCapital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
German occupation of Ukraine location Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ax placeOfBirth Lwów
subject surface form: Emanuel Ax
this entity surface form: Lviv
Amiens twinCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Mykhailo Hrushevsky residence Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Common Army garrisonLocation Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Symon Petliura workLocation Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv