Lviv National Agrarian University ( uk, Львівський національний аграрний університет, ЛНАУ) is a
Ukrainian
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* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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university in
Lviv
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 ...
.
History
It was established as an agricultural academy in
Dubliany
Dubliany ( uk, Дубляни; pl, Dublany) is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine and a suburb of Lviv ( away). It belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .
Located in the northern side o ...
and was one of the first
Polish language
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schools of this kind. Its history dates back to 1852, when a farm in the village of Dubliany (eight kilometers from the outskirts of
Lviv
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 ...
) was purchased by the
Galicia Agricultural Society. Four years later, a private School of Village Agriculture was opened there and in 1858, the school was turned into the Agricultural College, with
Leon Sapieha
Leon Sapieha (1803–1878), sometimes written as Leon Sapiega, was a Galician noble ('' szlachcic'') and statesman.
Biography
Leon was born and educated in Warsaw, and studied law and economics in Paris and Edinburgh from 1820 to 1824. He began ...
being the founder. In 1901 the school gained the rights of a university and was financed by the Galician authorities. However, it never received permission to issue doctorate degree, issuing only the
agronomist diplomas.
During the
Polish–Ukrainian War, the Academy's campus was destroyed and as a result, it was moved to Lwów, where in 1919 it was merged with the
Lwów Polytechnic, creating Agricultural and Forestry Department.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the campus consisted of two buildings, the main one constructed in 1888 and the laboratory complex, opened in 1900. Before World War I, it had around 1500 students, most of them from
Congress Poland
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. Among its professors were such names as
Stefan Dąb-Biernacki
Stefan Dąb-Biernacki (7 January 1890 – 9 February 1959) was a Polish commander who served as the commander of the Prusy Army during the invasion of Poland in 1939.
Early career
He was a member of the Polish Legions in World War I, and he late ...
,
Edmund Załęski
Edmund Załęski (18 August 1863 in Lviv
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 ...
,
Juliusz Au Juliusz is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Juliusz Bardach (1914–2010), Polish legal historian
*Juliusz Bursche (1862–1942), bishop of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland
*Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski (1924–1998), note ...
and
Wladyslaw Tyniecki. Its most famous graduates include
Stefan Alexandrowicz, and
Wlodzimierz Puchalski.
Gallery
File:Maidan-Kyiv-13124799-Studenty-LNAU.jpg, LNAU students at the Euromaidan
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External links
Official website
Educational institutions established in 1852
Universities and colleges in Lviv
Agricultural universities and colleges in Ukraine
Lviv Polytechnic
1852 establishments in the Austrian Empire
National universities in Ukraine
Establishments in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
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