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Lviv

City

City in Ukraine.

View on map 49.84° N, 24.03° E Wikipedia

Names

August 5, 1772 – November 1, 1918 Lemberg
November 22, 1918 – September 22, 1939 Lwów
September 22, 1939 – June 30, 1941 Lvov
June 30, 1941 – July 27, 1944 Lemberg
July 27, 1944 – August 24, 1991 Lvov

Held by

December 26, 1805 – March 30, 1867 Austrian Empire de facto
May 29, 1867 – October 30, 1918 Austria-Hungary de facto
September 1, 1914 – June 21, 1915 Russian Empire de facto Military occupation
November 11, 1918 – October 5, 1939 Poland de facto
October 6, 1939 – December 25, 1991 Soviet Union de facto
June 22, 1941 – July 27, 1944 Germany de facto Military occupation
August 1, 1941 – May 8, 1945 Germany de facto
since December 26, 1991 Ukraine de facto

Events here 3

November 1, 1918 – July 18, 1919 Polish–Ukrainian War
September 12–22, 1939 Battle of Lwów (1939)
June 30 – July 2, 1941 Lviv pogroms (1941)