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     • The city was named by Presbyterian farmer and lawyer John Neely Bryan in 1841, who founded the area as a trading post to serve both Native Americans and settlers.
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   When was L'viv founded?

   • Brief synthesis The city of L’viv was founded in the late Middle Ages where a settlement had existed since the 5th and 6th centuries. It flourished as an administrative, religious and commercial centre due to its favourable geographical position for trade and political development.

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   When did Lviv become a state?

   • Most likely, Lviv was first established as a new ity and remained so until that state's demise in the 1340s. Thus, almost from its very beginnings the settlement functioned both as an administrative center of a state and a trade center, the commercial connections of which extended into Asia Minor, the Volga region, Crimea, and Moldova.

   Lviv: A Multicultural History through the Centuries

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   When did Lviv become a part of the Soviet Union?

   • In February 1946, Lviv became a part of the Soviet Union. It is estimated that from 100,000 to 140,000 Poles were resettled from the city into the so-called Recovered Territories as a part of postwar population transfers, many of them to the area of newly acquired Wrocław, formerly the German city of Breslau.

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   What does Lviv stand for?

   • Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів ⓘ, L’viv; Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg or Leopoldstadt[citation needed] ( archaic ); Yiddish: לעמבערג; Russian: Львов, romanized : Lvov, see also other names) is an administrative center in western Ukraine with more than a millennium of history as a settlement, and over seven centuries as a city.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_LvivHistory of Lviv - Wikipedia

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   Lviv was officially founded in 1256 by King Daniel of Galicia in the Ruthenian principality of Halych-Volhynia and named in honour of his son Lev. The toponym may best be translated into English as Leo's lands or Leo's City (hence the Latin name Leopolis). In 1261, the city was invaded by the Tatars.

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   Mar 21, 2022 · Lviv’s many names are variations on a theme: the city of Leo. In 1256, King Daniel of Galicia-Volhynia , a descendant of the rulers of the Kyivan Rus , built a fortress for his son and heir, Leo.

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6. www.touristinfo.lviv.ua › en › lvivKey dates in the history of Lviv

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   Key dates in the history of Lviv. • 1256 – The establishment of Lviv. • approximately in 1270 the High Castle was built. • 1356 – Lviv receives Magdeburg rights. • 1253 - 1349: Rus Kingdom (Halych-VolynState): The opposition to the Golden Horde. • 1256-1340 – Lviv belongs to Halych-Volynian kingdom.

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   Names and symbols The city of Lviv is also historically known by different names in other languages – Polish: Lwów [lvuf] ⓘ ; German: Lemberg [ˈlɛmbɛʁk] ⓘ ; Yiddish: לעמבעריק, romanized: Lemberik ; Russian: Львов, romanized: Lvov [lʲvof] ; as well as a number of other names. The coat of arms, the banner of the Lviv City Council and the logo, are the officially approved ...

   • Area code: +380 32(2)
   • Founded: 1256

   • Elevation: 296 m (971 ft)
   • Country: Ukraine

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9. whc.unesco.org › en › listL'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre - UNESCO World ...

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   Brief synthesis. The city of L’viv was founded in the late Middle Ages where a settlement had existed since the 5th and 6th centuries. It flourished as an administrative, religious and commercial centre due to its favourable geographical position for trade and political development.

10. visitlviv.net › en › about-lvivBrief history of Lviv

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    Feb 19, 2024 · The fact is that the states, one after another, began to ban and continue to bury within the city. Because this is a threat to health. After all, next to the basements with food, there were graves, or filled by the deceased dungeons of temples. From now on, cemeteries should be far beyond the city. Lviv has created as many as three suburban ...

11. www.jstor.org › stable › 41036810Lviv: A Multicultural History through the Centuries

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    the earliest history of Lviv. Traditionally, the city was thought to have been founded by the Galician prince Danylo Romano vych (1202-1264) several years before its first mention in the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle (which dates to 1256 or, according to another interpretation, 1259) and was named after