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Administrative Divisions Of Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is subdivided into districts (''raions'') which are subdivided into territorial communities (''hromadas''). Current On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to seven. These are: # Chervonohrad (Червоноградський район), the center is in the town of Chervonohrad; # Drohobych (Дрогобицький район), the center is in the town of Drohobych; # Lviv (Львівський район), the center is in the city of Lviv; # Sambir (Самбірський район), the center is in the town of Sambir; # Stryi (Стрийський район), the center is in the town of Stryi; # Yavoriv (Яворівський район), the center is in the town of Yavoriv; # Zolochiv (Золочівський район), the center is in the town of Zolochiv. Administrative divisions until 2020 Before July 2020, Lviv Oblast was subdivided into 29 regions: 20 districts (''raions'') and 9 city municipalities (''mis'krada'' or ''misto''), offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct which otherwise serves the same function—formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of the respective center city: ''Lʹvív'' is the center of the ''Lʹvívsʹka óblastʹ'' (Lviv Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Lviv Oblast, ''Lvivshchyna''. is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is History The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939 following the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv Regions
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. It was named in honour of Leo, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great of Poland. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. 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 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morshyn
Morshyn ( uk, Моршин, pl, Morszyn-Zdrój) is a small city located at the Eastern Carpathian Foothills within Ukraine's Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (region). It hosts the administration of Morshyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is . Quick overview The first mentioning of the settlement is found in a court note of 2 January 1482 which indicated that Morshyn and surrounding villages belonged to a nobleman (szlachtic) Juchno Nagwazdan and was part of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1538 Morshyn owners, the Branecki family, who became interested in local industry which was a salt mining have acquired a permission from the royal chancellery on opening of salt mines. Five mine wells were dug out for brine extraction. However, the business did not justify itself as the Morshyns salt was bitter and unfit for consumption. The salt industries fell into decline. In the second half of 17th century Morshyn remained a poor village. In 1692 Morshyn accounted fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stebnyk
Stebnyk () is a city in Drohobych Raion in Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. It is located in the Drohobych municipality. It belongs to Drohobych urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . Until 18 July 2020, Stebnyk belonged to Drohobych Municipality. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven, Drohobych Municipality was merged into Drohobych Raion. See also * TESP (company) TESP (English: Society for the Exploitation of Potassium Salt, Polish: Towarzystwo Eksploatacji Soli Potasowych) was a private mining enterprise, which existed in the Second Polish Republic, with head office in Lwow. It operated potassium salt min ... References {{Authority control Drohobych Cities in Lviv Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drohobych Municipality
Drohobych ( uk, Дрого́бич, ; pl, Drohobycz; yi, דראָהאָביטש;) is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 1939–1941 and 1944–1959 it was the center of Drohobych Oblast. The city was founded at the end of eleventh century as an important trading post and transport node between Kyiv Rus' and the lands to the West of Rus'. After extinction of the local Ruthenian dynasty and subsequent incorporation of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia into the Polish Kingdom by 1349, from the fifteenth century the city was developing as a mercantile and saltworks centre. Drohobych became part of the Habsburg Empire in 1772 after the first partition of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the mid-nineteenth century it became Europe's largest oil extraction center, which significantly contributed to its rapid developm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirnyk, Lviv Oblast
Hirnyk (, ) is an urban-type settlement in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It belongs to Chervonohrad urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . Until 18 July 2020, Hirnyk belonged to Chervonohrad Municipality Chervonohrad ( uk, Червоноград, ; former Polish language, Polish name: ''Krystynopol'', uk, Кристинопіль, 'Krystynopil', german: Krisnipolye) is a mining town, mining city and the administrative center of Chervonohrad Raion .... As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven, Chervonohrad Municipality was merged into newly established Chervonohrad Raion. References Urban-type settlements in Chervonohrad Raion Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chervonohrad {{Lviv-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chervonohrad Municipality
Chervonohrad ( uk, Червоноград, ; former Polish language, Polish name: ''Krystynopol'', uk, Кристинопіль, 'Krystynopil', german: Krisnipolye) is a mining town, mining city and the administrative center of Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Chervonohrad urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Chervonohrad lies about 62 km north of Lviv, 7 km from Sokal, 28 km northeast of the town of Voroniv, and has a population of History The city was part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish Kingdom in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth since its foundation in 1692 until 1772, when it was incorporated into the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg Empire. During the interwar period, it belonged to the Second Polish Republic, and between 1945 and 1951 was part of the Polish People's Republic. It passed from Poland to the Ukrainian SSR after the 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange, territorial ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skhidnytsia
Skhidnytsia ( uk, Схі́дниця) is an urban-type settlement in Lviv Oblast, Western Ukraine. The settlement is part of Drohobych Raion, and represented by local Skhidnytska settlement council. Skhidnytsia hosts the administration of Skhidnytsia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . Description Skhidnytsia located at an altitude of – above sea level. The mountains around the town reach a height of . Distance to the regional center of Lviv is , to the Boryslav – and to the Drohobych is . The settlement of Skhidnytsia was first mentioned in the documents of the 15th century. Skhidnytsia is known for its deposits mineral waters. For today there are 38 sources and 17 wells with different chemical composition of mineral water. Until 18 July 2020, Skhidnytsia belonged to Boryslav Municipality. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven, Boryslav Municipality was merge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boryslav
Boryslav ( uk, Борислав; pl, Borysław) is a city located on the Tysmenytsia (river), Tysmenytsia (a tributary of the Dniester), in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast (Oblast, region) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Boryslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Boryslav is a major center of petroleum industry. Population: History The area of the modern town of Boryslav has been inhabited at least since the Bronze Age. There are remnants of a Paganism, pagan shrine from the 1st millennium BC located in the area, where approximately 270 petroglyphs are found, mostly depicting solar signs – symbols of a pre-Christian Solar deity. Between the 9th and 13th centuries, the site of the modern town housed a fortress named ''Tustan'', which was part of a belt of similar strongholds defending the Kievan Rus' from the west and south. After the dissolution of Kievan Rus', the town became a part of the Halych-Volhynia, Halych-Volhynian Principality. With th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boryslav Municipality
Boryslav ( uk, Борислав; pl, Borysław) is a city located on the Tysmenytsia (a tributary of the Dniester), in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Boryslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Boryslav is a major center of petroleum industry. Population: History The area of the modern town of Boryslav has been inhabited at least since the Bronze Age. There are remnants of a pagan shrine from the 1st millennium BC located in the area, where approximately 270 petroglyphs are found, mostly depicting solar signs – symbols of a pre-Christian Solar deity. Between the 9th and 13th centuries, the site of the modern town housed a fortress named ''Tustan'', which was part of a belt of similar strongholds defending the Kievan Rus' from the west and south. After the dissolution of Kievan Rus', the town became a part of the Halych-Volhynian Principality. With the collapse of the latter, in the 14th century Boryslav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudne
Rudne (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Lviv Raion in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was . Location Rudne is located 11 kilometers west of the Lviv city center. The Lviv Ring Road is 1 kilometer from the village. The Lviv-Mostyska Road passes through the village. History Between 1774 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Briukhovychi became part of Lwów Powiat in Lwów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union. It was given the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940. Rudne was occupied by German troops during World War II from 1941 to 1944. Until 18 July 2020, Rudne belonged to Lviv Municipality Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briukhovychi
Briukhovychi (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Between 1939 and 1942, and again from 1944 to 1957, Briukhovychi was the center of Briukhovychi Raion. Its population was . Location Briukhovychi is located at the center of Lviv Oblast and is bordered on the south by the city of Lviv, in the northeast by the villages Mali Hrybovychi and Volia-Homuletska. To the west is the village of Birky in Yavoriv Raion. Briukovychi is located at the intersection of the Sian Lowland and the Roztocze. The European Watershed passes through the southwestern part of the village. History Between 1774 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Briukhovychi became part of Lwów Powiat in Lwów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union. It was given the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940. Briukhovychi was occupied by German troo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
