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.

All labels observed (12)

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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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Artur Grottger burialPlace Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ukrainian Galician Army headquarters Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Battle of Lviv (1918) location Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Battle of Lviv (1918) location Lwów
this entity surface form: Lemberg
Battle of Lviv (1918) aftermath Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv remained under Polish control
King of Galicia and Lodomeria hasCapital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lemberg
King of Galicia and Lodomeria hasCapital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Ukraine–Poland hasMajorCityNearBorder Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Richard von Mises placeOfBirth Lwów
this entity surface form: Lemberg
Richard von Mises placeOfBirth Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Svobody Avenue locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Teatr Wielki we Lwowie locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Solomiya Krushelnytska placeOfDeath Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Solomiya Krushelnytska residence Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
historic centre of Lviv locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
historic centre of Lviv partOf Lwów
this entity surface form: city of Lviv
within UNESCO World Heritage Site "Lviv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre" locatedIn Lwów
subject surface form: Lwów Opera
this entity surface form: Lviv
within UNESCO World Heritage Site "Lviv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre" hasCity Lwów
subject surface form: Lwów Opera
this entity surface form: Lviv
Olsztyn twinTown Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Sokal nearbyMajorCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Sokal hasRegionalCenter Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Bug flowsNear Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
King of Ruthenia capital Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
King of Ruthenia associatedWithCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
European route E40 connectsTo Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
International Archery Federation foundingLocation Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Zhovkva nearbyCity Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Scottish Café locatedIn Lwów
Scottish Café locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lviv
Scottish Café locatedIn Lwów
this entity surface form: Lwów, Poland