History of Lviv

Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv; Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg; Yiddish: לעמבערג‎; Russian: Львов, translit. Lvov, see also other names) is an administrative center in western Ukraine with more than a millennium of history as a settlement, and over seven centuries as a city. Prior to the creation of the modern state of Ukraine, Lviv had been part of numerous states and empires, including, under the name Lwów, Poland and later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; under the name Lemberg, the Austrian and later Austro-Hungarian Empires; the short-lived West Ukrainian People's Republic after World War I; Poland again; and the Soviet Union. In addition, both the Swedes and the Ottoman Turks made unsuccessful attempts to conquer the city.

Recent archaeological excavations show that the area of Lviv has been populated since at least the 6th century. From around that time the area was inhabited by Slavic tribes. In the 9th century local tribes of Croats and Dulebs were affiliated to Kievan Rus` state and were involved in a military campaign against Constantinople led by Rus` Prince Oleg. In the second half of the 10th century the area was contested between Kievan Rus and the emerging Polish state during the reign of Mieszko I. Mieszko is thought to have controlled the area from 960 to 980. According to Nestor's chronicle, in 981 this area was reconquered by Volodymyr the Great, ruler of Kievan Rus.

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