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Aleksander Czołowski
Aleksander Czołowski (27 February 1865 in – 7 July 1944 in Lviv) was a Polish historian, antiquarian, archivist, director of the Historical Museum of the City of Lviv and the National Museum in Lviv. Biography He graduated from the Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanisławów Gymnasium in 1884, after which he enrolled at the Faculty of Law at the University of Lviv. He soon moved to the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Vienna. In 1890, he graduated from the Philosophy Department of Lviv University with a doctorate in philosophy. He was a student of Prof. Ksawery Liske. In 1891, he took the position of archivist and later director of the archives and subordinate museums (including the city museum) in Lviv, holding this position until June 1939, when he retired. He was also an art collector and one of the initiators of the establishment of a Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery, picture gallery in Lviv. He was a member of the Sokół movement, Polish Gymnastic Society "Sokół ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv (then Lwów) emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), 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 went to King Casimir III the Great of Kingdom of Poland, Poland in a Galicia–Volhynia Wars, war of succession. In 1356, Casimir the Great granted it town rights. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
