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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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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Western Bug flowsNear Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Kovel railway junction connectsTo Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ukrainian Jews hasMajorCommunityIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
ZUNR capital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lev I of Galicia placeOfDeath Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lev I of Galicia capitalEstablished Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lev I of Galicia madeCapitalOf Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lev I of Galicia residence Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Yevhen Petrushevych workLocation Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Yevhen Petrushevych residence Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Zadwórze locatedNear Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Kingdom of Rus' capital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Rzeszów hasTwinTown Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Kost Levytsky workLocation Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Kost Levytsky residence Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Przemyśl hasRailConnection Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Rivne hasRailwayConnectionTo Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Rivne hasRoadConnectionTo Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Khmelnytskyi hasRailwayConnection Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Khmelnytskyi hasRoadConnection Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Roman Dmowski residence Lwów
Archeparchy of Lviv locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Archeparchy of Lviv hasSeeCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Jan Kazimierz University locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ivan Franko placeOfDeath Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of History locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of History, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of History city Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of History, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Philology locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Philology, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Philosophy locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Philosophy city Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Biology locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Biology, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Economics locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Economics, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Economics city Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Economics, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Journalism locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Journalism, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of International Relations locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of International Relations, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Leon Wasilewski residence Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Physics locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Physics, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Chemistry locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ruthenian Voivodeship capital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ruthenian Voivodeship capital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lemberg
Sant Cugat del Vallès hasTwinTown Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Faculty of Law locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Faculty of Law, University of Lviv
this entity surface form: Lviv