In 1918, for a short time, it was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Between the wars, the city was the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic. After the German-Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Lviv was annexed by the Soviet Union.

As a part of Poland (and later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) the city was known as Lwów and became the capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship, which included five regions: Lwów, Chełm (Ukrainian: Kholm), Sanok, Halicz (Ukrainian: Halych) and Przemyśl (Ukrainian: Peremyshl).

The Lwów Ghetto (German: Ghetto Lemberg; Polish: getto we Lwowie) was a Nazi ghetto in the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) in the territory of Nazi-administered General Government in German-occupied Poland.

Львів, Lwiw) – miasto na Ukrainie, ośrodek administracyjny obwodu lwowskiego, rejonu lwowskiego i hromady Lwów. Lwów jest położony na pograniczu wschodniego Roztocza (Roztocze Lwowskie) i Wyżyny Podolskiej, nad rzeką Pełtwią. Jest ważnym ośrodkiem przemysłowym, węzłem lotniczym, kolejowym i drogowym.

Lviv, city, western Ukraine, on the Roztochchya Upland. Founded in the mid-13th century by Prince Daniel Romanovich of Galicia, Lviv has historically been the chief centre of Galicia, a region now divided between Ukraine and Poland. Its position controlling east-west routes and passes across the Carpathians has given it a stormy history.

For Poles, deprived of their own state after the partition of Poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria, Lwów became the cultural capital and cradle of national life.

1989年9月17日 · Lviv history is as colorful and amazing as a city itself. It is filled with interesting events and outstanding figures. Today Lviv is more than 760 years old and it has lots of stories to tell you! City situated on the crossing of two profitable trade routes developed and flourished rapidly and became one of main trade centers of medieval Europe.

Useful tips and interesting information about where to go in the city. Events, museums and routes.

リヴィウ （ウクライナ語: Львів [lʲʋʲiu̯] ( 音声ファイル)）は、 ウクライナ 西部の 都市 である。 リヴィウ州 の 州庁所在地。 この町の名や、その 日本語 表記には様々なバリエーションがある。 現在の 公用語 であるウクライナ語に準ずる表記としては リヴィウ 、 リヴィヴ もしくは新聞等で リビウ[1] と書かれる。 そのほか、歴史的経緯から ドイツ語 からの レンベルク …

Lviv/Lvov, the biggest city in Western Ukraine, was founded as a fort in the mid-13th century (first mentioned as a city in a medieval chronicle in 1256) by Prince Danilo Galitsky of Galicia, one of the most powerful princes in east-central Europe and a former principality of Kievan Rus. City was named after his son Lev.