() is a

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biweekly magazine, published since 24 December 1990 in

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Ukraine. The publication refers to the traditions of a Polish language paper , which was published between 1811 and 1944 and as such was one of the oldest Polish newspapers. Originally, was a press organ of the

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authorities of Galicia and it limited itself to publishing legal announcements. In 1873, when

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became its

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, it began inserting local and world news, and since 1874, it published a monthly addition ''Przewodnik Naukowy i Literacki'' (''Scientific and Literary Guide''), dedicated to history, literature, geography, economics and ethnography. Among writers who cooperated with , there were Adam Krechowiecki, Ludwik Kubala,

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Józef Szujski Józef Szujski (16 June 1835 – 7 February 1883) was a Polish politician, historian, poet and professor of the Jagiellonian University. Life Szujski was born on 16 June 1835 in Tarnów. He studied at Tarnów, then at Kraków (1854) and at Vi ...

, Alfred Wysocki,

Walery Łoziński Walery Władysław Daniel Łoziński (1880–1944) was a Polish geographer, geomorphologist and soil scientist known for introducing the concept of periglaciation into geomorphology in 1909. Łoziński extended the work of Swedish geologist Johan ...

. After 1918, when Lemberg was incorporated into the

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, was a local daily, popular in the

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. Following the joint Nazi and Soviet annexation of Poland, the newspaper stopped publication. It re-established publication briefly from July 1941 to July 1944 during the period of German occupation as vehicle for Nazi

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. During German occupation, was very popular among readers, with the circulation reaching 90,000 in August 1943.Gazeta Lwowska in the years 1941-1944 by Grzegorz Hryciuk
/ref> Known as ''Lembergierka'', was liked by Polish readers, as it was not as rabidly anti-Polish like the previous, defunct, Soviet-sponsored '' Czerwony Sztandar'' (1939–1941). Its editors-in-chief were only Germans, such as Felix Rufenach and A.G. Lehmann. Among Polish employees, a significant number was informally connected with the

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. 's street vendors organized a patriotic demonstration in Lwów, on 11 November 1943 (Polish independence day). On that day, several copies of the newspaper were stamped with a Polish Eagle, and with an inscription "Poland will triumph". returned on 24 December 1990 as a biweekly, published by the Association of Polish Culture of the Lviv Land (''Towarzystwo Kultury Polskiej Ziemi Lwowskiej'' - ''TKPZL'').

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