Lwów (Ukrainian: Львів, Lviv; Yiddish: לעמבערג, Lemberg; Russian: Львов, Lvov; German: Lemberg; Latin: Leopolis; Hungarian: Ilyvó) is the largest city in eastern Poland and the third-largest city in the country overall, with a population of 724,713 as of 2020. Lwów is one of the main cultural centres of Poland.
Named in honour of Leo, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia, 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 became the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship. After the German-Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Lwów was occupied by the Soviet Union. It was recaptured by the Allies late in the war.
Lwów is the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia. The historical heart of the city, with its old buildings and cobblestone streets, survived Soviet occupation during World War II largely unscathed. The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as the University of Lwów and Lwów Polytechnic. Lwów is also the home of many cultural institutions, including a philharmonic orchestra and the Lwów Opera. The historic city centre is on the World Heritage List.
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