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Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast (Ukrainian: Льві́вська о́бласть, romanizedLvivska oblast, IPA: [ˈlʲʋʲiu̯sʲkɐ ˈɔbɫɐsʲtʲ]; Polish: Obwód lwowski), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (Ukrainian: Льві́вщина, IPA: [ˈlʲʋʲiu̯ʃt͡ʃɪnɐ])[a] is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is 2,497,750. (2021 est.)[2]

Lviv Oblast
Львівська область
Nickname: 
Львівщина (Lvivshchyna)
Country Ukraine
Administrative centerLviv
Government
 • GovernorMaksym Kozytskyy[1]
 • Oblast council84 seats
 • ChairpersonOleksandr Hanushchyn
Area
 • Total21,833 km2 (8,430 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 17th
Elevation
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total 2,497,750
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
79-82
Area code+380-32
ISO 3166 codeUA-46
Raions7
Hromadas73
FIPS 10-4UP15
Websitewww.loda.gov.ua[dead link]

History

The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939 following the Soviet invasion of Poland. The territory of the former Drohobych Oblast was incorporated into the Lviv Oblast in 1959.

The oblast's strategic position at the heart of central Europe and as the gateway to the Carpathians has caused it to change hands many times over the centuries. It was ruled variously by Great Moravia, Kievan Rus', Poland, was independent as the state of Galicia-Volhynia (circa 1200 to 1340), and then ruled by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1340 to 1772), the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1772 to 1918), West Ukrainian People's Republic and Poland (1919 to 1939), when it was part of the Lwów Voivodeship of the Second Republic of Poland. The region's historically dominant Ukrainian population declared the area to be a part of an independent West Ukrainian National Republic in November 1918 — June 1919, but this endured only briefly. Local autonomy was provided in international treaties but later on those were not honoured by the Polish government and the area experienced much ethnic tension between the Polish and Ukrainian population.

The region and its capital city take their name from the time of Galicia-Volhynia, when Daniel of Galicia, the King of Rus', founded Lviv; naming the city after his son, Leo. During this time, the general region around Lviv was known as Red Ruthenia (Cherven' Rus').

The region only became part of the Soviet Union under the terms of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939, when it was annexed to the Ukrainian SSR. It was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944, when almost all local Jews were killed, and remained in Soviet hands after World War II as was arranged during the Teheran and Yalta conferences. Local Poles were expelled and Ukrainians expelled from Poland arrived. Given its historical development, Lviv Oblast is one of the least Russified and Sovietized parts of Ukraine, with much of its Polish and Habsburg heritage still visible today.

In Ukraine today, there are three provinces (oblasts) that formed the eastern part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Two of these, Lviv Oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast were entirely contained in the kingdom; the third oblast of Ternopil was mainly in the kingdom apart from four of its most northerly counties (raions). The counties of the Kingdom of Galicia remained largely unchanged when they were incorporated into successor states; with minor changes as detailed below, the current counties are almost co-extensive with those of the Kingdom.

During the 2014 Euromaidan protests, the region is also notable for having declared independence from the central government led by Viktor Yanukovych who started to use active military force against protestors.[3]

Geography

The terrain of Lviv Oblast is highly varied. The southern part is occupied by the low Beskyd (Ukrainian: Бескиди) mountain chains running parallel to each other from northwest to southeast and covered with secondary coniferous forests as part of the Eastern Carpathians; the highest point is Pikuy (1408 m). North from there are the wide upper Dniester river valley and much smaller upper San River valley. These rivers have flat bottoms covered with alluvial deposits, and are susceptible to floods. Between these valleys and Beskyd lies the Precarpathian upland covered with deciduous forests, with well-known mineral spa resorts (see Truskavets, Morshyn). It's also the area of one of the earliest industrial petroleum and gas extraction. These deposits are all but depleted by now.

In the central part of the region lie Roztocze, Opillia, and part of the Podolia uplands. Rich sulphur deposits were mined here during the Soviet era. Roztocze is densely forested, while Opillia and Podolia (being covered with loess on which fertile soils develop) are densely populated and mostly covered by arable land. In the central-north part of the region lies the Small Polesia lowland, geographically isolated from the rest of Polesia but with similar terrain and landscapes (flat plains with sandy fluvioglacial deposits and pine forests). The far North of the region lies on the Volhynia upland, which is also covered with loess; coal is mined in this area.

Climate

The climate of Lviv Oblast is moderately cool and humid. The average January temperatures range from −7 °C (19 °F) in the Carpathians to −3 °C (27 °F) in the Dniester and San River valleys while in July the average temperatures are from 14–15 °C (57–59 °F) in the Carpathians to 16–17 °C (61–63 °F) in Roztocze and 19 °C (66 °F) in the lower part of the Dniester valley.[4] The average annual precipitation is 600–650 mm (23.62–25.59 in) in the lowlands, 650–750 mm (25.59–29.53 in) in the highlands and up to 1,000 mm (39.37 in) in the Carpathians, with the majority of precipitation occurring in summer. Prolonged droughts are uncommon, while strong rainfalls can cause floods in river valleys. Severe winds during storms can also cause damage, especially in the highlands. The climate is favourable for the cultivation of sugar beets, winter wheat, flax, rye, cabbage, apples, and for dairy farming. It is still too cold to successfully cultivate maize, sunflower, grapes, melon, watermelon or peaches in Lviv Oblast. In the Carpathians conditions are favourable for Alpine skiing 3–4 months a year.

Politics

 
Raions of Lviv Oblast

Governors

  • Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Term start Term end Name Year of birth Year of death
March 1991 6 April 1992 Vyacheslav Chornovil b. 1937 d. 1999
June 1994 July 1995 Mykola Horyn b. 1945
  • Representative of the President
Term start Term end Name Year of birth
20 March 1992 June 1994 Stepan Davymuka b. 1947
  • Heads of the Administration[5]
Term start Term end Name Year of birth Year of death
7 July 1995 6 Feb. 1997 Mykola Horyn b. 1945
6 Feb. 1997 14 Jan. 1999 Mykhailo Hladiy b. 1952
15 Jan. 1999 19 March 2001 Stepan Senchuk b. 1955 d. 2005
26 March 2001 26 April 2002 Mykhailo Hladiy b. 1952
26 April 2002 4 June 2003 Myron Yankiv b. 1951
9 June 2003 20 Dec. 2004 Oleksandr Sendeha b. 1953
20 Dec. 2004 4 Feb. 2005 Bohdan Matolych (acting) b. 1955
4 Feb. 2005 20 Feb. 2008 Petro Oliynyk b. 1957 d. 2011
20 Feb. 2008 27 Feb. 2008 Valery Pyatak (acting) b. 1959
27 Feb. 2008 20 April 2010? Kmit Mykola
(acting to 1 Sep 2008)
b. 1966
20 April 2010 21 December 2010[6] Vasyl Horbal[7] b. 1971
21 December 2010 2 November 2011[6] Mykhailo Tsymbaliuk[6] b. 1964
2 November 2011[6] 4 March 2013[8] Mykhailo Kostiuk[6] b. 1961
4 March 2013[8] 31 October 2013[9] Viktor Shemchuk[8] b. 1970
31 October 2013[9] 23 January 2014[10] Oleh Salo[9] b. 1968
2 March 2014 14 August 2014[11] Iryna Sekh b. 1970
14 August 2014 26 December 2014 Yuriy Turyanskyi (acting) b. 1975
26 December 2014 11 June 2019 Oleh Synyutka b. 1970
11 June 2019 5 July 2019 Rostyslav Zamlynsky (acting) b. 1976
5 July 2019 5 February 2020 Markiyan Malsky b. 1984
5 February 2020 Maksym Kozytsky b. 1984

Subdivisions

 
Drohobych.The second largest city in Lviv Oblast
 
Truskavets - a small resort town in the Carpathian foothills
 
Architecture in Stryi
 
Half-timbered old villa in the Carpathian foothills in Skole Raion

Lviv Oblast was administratively subdivided into 20 raions (districts), as well as 9 city (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Boryslav, Chervonohrad, Drohobych, Morshyn, Novyi Rozdil, Sambir, Stryi, Truskavets, and the administrative center of the oblast, Lviv.

 
Kingdom of Galicia, administrative, 1914
Hromada (Громада) Type Center Raion Raion before 2020
Belz urban Belz Chervonohrad Sokal
Bibrka urban Bibrka Lviv Peremyshliany
Biskovychi rural Biskovychi Sambir Sambir
Borynia settlement Borynia Sambir Turka
Boryslav urban Boryslav Drohobych Boryslav Municipality
Brody urban Brody Zolochiv Brody
Busk urban Busk Zolochiv Busk
Chervonohrad urban Chervonohrad Chervonohrad Chervonohrad Municipality
Davydiv rural Davydiv Lviv Pustomyty
Dobromyl urban Dobromyl Sambir Staryi Sambir
Dobrosyn-Maheriv rural Maheriv Lviv Zhovkva
Dobrotvir settlement Dobrotvir Chervonohrad Kamianka-Buzka
Drohobych urban Drohobych Drohobych Drohobych Municipality
Hlyniany urban Hlyniany Lviv Zolochiv
Hnizdychiv settlement Hnizdychiv Stryi Zhydachiv
Horodok urban Horodok Lviv Horodok
Hrabovets-Duliby rural Duliby Stryi Stryi
Ivano-Frankove settlement Ivano-Frankove Yavoriv Yavoriv
Kamianka-Buzka urban Kamianka-Buzka Lviv Kamianka-Buzka
Khodoriv urban Khodoriv Stryi Zhydachiv
Khyriv urban Khyriv Sambir Staryi Sambir
Komarno urban Komarno Lviv Horodok
Kozova rural Kozova Stryi Skole
Krasne settlement Krasne Zolochiv Busk
Kulykiv settlement Kulykiv Lviv Zhovkva
Lopatyn settlement Lopatyn Chervonohrad Radekhiv
Lviv urban Lviv Lviv Lviv Municipality
Medenychi settlement Medenychi Drohobych Drohobych
Morshyn urban Morshyn Stryi city of Morshyn
Mostyska urban Mostyska Yavoriv Mostyska
Murovane rural Murovane Lviv Pustomyty
Mykolaiv urban Mykolaiv Stryi Mykolaiv
Novoiavorivsk urban Novoiavorivsk Yavoriv Yavoriv
Novyi Kalyniv urban Novyi Kalyniv Sambir Sambir
Novyi Rozdil urban Novyi Rozdil Stryi city of Novyi Rozdil
Obroshyne rural Obroshyne Lviv Pustomyty
Peremyshliany urban Peremyshliany Lviv Peremyshliany
Pidberiztsi rural Pidberiztsi Lviv Pustomyty
Pidkamin settlement Pidkamin Zolochiv Brody
Pomoriany settlement Pomoriany Zolochiv Zolochiv
Pustomyty urban Pustomyty Lviv Pustomyty
Radekhiv urban Radekhiv Chervonohrad Radekhiv
Ralivka rural Ralivka Sambir Sambir
Rava-Ruska urban Rava-Ruska Lviv Zhovkva
Rozvadiv rural Rozvadiv Stryi Mykolaiv
Rudky urban Rudky Sambir Sambir
Sambir urban Sambir Sambir city of Sambir
Shchyrets settlement Shchyrets Lviv Pustomyty
Shehyni rural Shehyni Yavoriv Mostyska
Skhidnytsia settlement Skhidnytsia Drohobych Boryslav Municipality
Skole urban Skole Stryi Skole
Slavske settlement Slavske Stryi Skole
Sokal urban Sokal Chervonohrad Sokal
Sokilnyky rural Sokilnyky Lviv Pustomyty
Solonka rural Solonka Lviv Pustomyty
Staryi Sambir urban Staryi Sambir Sambir Staryi Sambir
Strilky rural Strilky Sambir Staryi Sambir
Stryi urban Stryi Stryi city of Stryi
Sudova Vyshnia urban Sudova Vyshnia Yavoriv Mostyska
Trostianets rural Trostianets Stryi Mykolaiv
Truskavets urban Truskavets Drohobych city of Truskavets
Turka urban Turka Sambir Turka
Velyki Mosty urban Velyki Mosty Chervonohrad Sokal
Velykyi Liubin settlement Velykyi Liubin Lviv Horodok
Yarychiv settlement Novyi Yarychiv Lviv Kamianka-Buzka
Yavoriv urban Yavoriv Yavoriv Yavoriv
Zabolottsi rural Zabolottsi Zolochiv Brody
Zhovkva urban Zhovkva Lviv Zhovkva
Zhovtantsi rural Zhovtantsi Lviv Kamianka-Buzka
Zhuravne settlement Zhuravne Stryi Zhydachiv
Zhydachiv urban Zhydachiv Stryi Zhydachiv
Zolochiv urban Zolochiv Zolochiv Zolochiv
Zymna Voda rural Zymna Voda Lviv Pustomyty
Raions of the Lviv Oblast
In English In Ukrainian Administrative Center
Brody Raion Бродівський район
Brodivs'kyi raion
Brody
(City)
Busk Raion Буський район
Bus'kyi raion
Busk
(City)
Drohobych Raion Дрогобицький район
Drohobyts'kyi raion
Drohobych
(City)
Horodok Raion Городоцький район
Horodots'kyi raion
Horodok
(City)
Kamianka-Buzka Raion Кам'янка-Бузький район
Kamyanka-Buz'kyi raion
Kamianka-Buzka
(City)
Mostyska Raion Мостиський район
Mostys'kyi raion
Mostyska
(City)
Mykolaiv Raion Миколаївський район
Mykolayivs'kyi raion
Mykolaiv
(City)
Peremyshliany Raion Перемишлянський район
Peremyshlians'kyi raion
Peremyshliany
(City)
Pustomyty Raion Пустомитівський район
Pustomytivs'kyi raion
Pustomyty
(City)
Radekhiv Raion Радехівський район
Radekhivs'kyi raion
Radekhiv
(City)
Sambir Raion Самбірський район
Sambirs'kyi raion
Sambir
(City)
Skole Raion Сколівський район
Skolivs'kyi raion
Skole
(City)
Sokal Raion Сокальський район
Sokal's'kyi raion
Sokal
(City)
Staryi Sambir Raion Старосамбірський район
Starosambirs'kyi raion
Staryi Sambir
(City)
Stryi Raion Стрийський район
Stryis'kyi raion
Stryi
(City)
Turka Raion Турківський район
Turkivs'kyi raion
Turka
(City)
Yavoriv Raion Яворівський район
Yavorivs'kyi raion
Yavoriv
(City)
Zhovkva Raion Жовківський район
Zhovkivs'kyi raion
Zhovkva
(City)
Zhydachiv Raion Жидачівський район
Zhydachivs'kyi raion
Zhydachiv
(City)
Zolochiv Raion Золочівський район
Zolochivs'kyi raion
Zolochiv
(City)

Demographics

  • Male/female ratio: 48%/52%
  • Nationalities (2001): 94.8% of the region's population are Ukrainians; 3.6% (or 92,600 people) are Russians; Poles account for 0.7%; there are also smaller German, Jewish and Romani minorities.[12] Notably, the comparison of the 2001 Ukrainian census (mentioned above), with the last Soviet census of 1989 reveals that in those 12 years the number of Poles in the Lviv Oblast declined by 29.7 percent which, in the opinion of "Wspólnota Polska" Society defies explanation, and could possibly be attributed to the intensive Ukrainization of the Roman Catholic Church.[13]

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.7%   (male 202,923/female 193,000)
15-64 years: 70.0%   (male 867,699/female 897,788)
65 years and over: 14.3%   (male 122,906/female 238,016) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 38.0 years  
male: 35.2 years  
female: 40.9 years   (2013 official)

Religion

Fifty-nine percent of the religious organisations active in the Lviv Oblast adhere to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is the second largest religious body. The followers of the Roman Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) are mostly from the Polish, and Russian or non-Galician Ukrainian minorities respectively.

Historical and cultural sites

The city of Lviv contains a well-preserved main square (Rynok) and numerous historical and beautiful churches. Other sites of interest are the historic Lychakivskiy Cemetery, the local museum of folklore, and the ruins of the famous Vysokyi Zamok. The name of the castle is closely tied to the name of the city. There is also a museum of military artifacts, the "Arsenal".

Well-preserved local wooden churches, castles, and monasteries can be found throughout the Oblast. One of them is the Olesko Castle which is first recorded in 1327. Another castle that was built at the end of the 15th century is Svirzh Castle in the village of Svirzh, Peremeshliany Raion. One more and no less famous castle is the Pidhirtsi Castle. Its architectural complex consists of the three-story palace, Kostel, and small park. In Roztochia is also located the Krekhivsky monastery in the buch[check spelling]-pine grove at the foot of the Pobiyna mount. The whole complex consists of the Saint Nikola Church, the bell tower, numerous service structures, and defensive walls with towers. Another site worth of mentioning is the Tustan city-fortress which is built in the rock. The site was nominated as the historical and as the natural wonder of Ukraine. There also a nature complex in the valley of the Kamianka river in Skoliv Raion. Another natural wonder of the region is the Kamin-Veleten (Rock-Giant in English) which is located near city of Pidkamin in Zolochiv Raion. The name of the local city means Under the Rock. A local museum of Ukrainian art and an institution of higher learning (Ivan Franko State University) are also present.

Gallery

Economy

The most important research into cereal epidemics in the country is undertaken here.[14] The National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine's Institute of Agriculture in Obroshino is the center of study for cereal pathogens including powdery mildew of barley.[14] In the early 2000s the most active researchers here were Olga Vronska and G. Kosilovich at the IoA.[14] Puccinia recondita, Erysiphe graminis, (syn. Blumeria graminis) and various Pseudocercosporella spp. are present and are significant in winter wheat in this oblast.[15]

Two introduced banded land snails, the Grove Snail (Cepaea nemoralis) and White-Lipped Snail (C. hortensis) are found here.[16] C. n. was intentionally brought here in the late 1800s, but the genetic analysis of Gural-Sverlova et al., 2021 shows continued introductions have also occurred ever since.[16] (The geographic distribution of both suggests they arrive through the gardening trade, as is known from other countries.)[16] This analysis shows several distinct arrivals of C. n. yielding several present-day populations in and around Lviv.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласни́й це́нтр, romanizedoblasnýi céntr, IPA: [obɫɐsˈnɪj ˈt͡sɛntr]). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct which otherwise serves the same function—formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of the respective center city: Lʹvív is the center of the Lʹvívsʹka óblastʹ (Lviv Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Lviv Oblast, Lvivshchyna.
  1. ^ Zelensky introduces new head of Lviv Regional State Administration, Ukrinform (6 February 2020)
  2. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Ukraine Facing Civil War: Lviv Declares Independence from Yanukovich Rule
  4. ^ WorldClimate.com (Data for L'viv)
  5. ^ Lviv, worldstatesmen.org
  6. ^ a b c d e Yanukovych appoints ex-Ukrzaliznytsia head Kostiuk governor of Lviv region, Kyiv Post (2 November 2011)
  7. ^ Horbal appointed Lviv regional governor, Kyiv Post (April 20, 2010)
  8. ^ a b c Gryshchenko introduces new Lviv regional governor to local officials, Kyiv Post (4 March 2013)
  9. ^ a b c Yanukovych appoints Salo as governor of Lviv region, UKRINFORM (23 January 2014)
  10. ^ Lviv governor Salo resigns – mass media, Unian (23 January 2013)
  11. ^ Poroshenko dismisses Sekh as Lviv region governor, appoints Turiansky as acting governor, kyivpost.com (15 August 2014)
  12. ^ Державний комітет статистики України (2004). [Ukrainian Census, Lviv Oblast]. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on September 26, 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  13. ^ Polonia w opracowaniach (2013). [Changes in the number of Poles in Ukraine in the period between 1989 and 2001]. Polacy na Ukrainie. Stowarzyszenie "Wspólnota Polska". Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  14. ^ a b c
  15. ^
    • "Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus". Invasive Species Compendium (ISC). CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International). 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
    • Lisovoy, M. P.; Parphenyuk, A. I. (1997). "Pathogenicity of Puccinia recondita, Erysiphe graminis and Pseudocercosporella spp. in the Ukraine and sources of group resistance of the winter wheat to these pathogens". Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. Taylor & Francis. 31 (1): 45–49. doi:10.1080/03235409709383215. ISSN 0323-5408.
  16. ^ a b c d
    • Gural-Sverlova, Nina; Egorov, Roman; Kruglova, Oksana; Kovalevich, Natalia; Gural, Roman (2021-09-27). "Introduced land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in Eastern Europe: spreading history and the shell colouration variability". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. Masaryk University Press. 20: 75–91. doi:10.5817/mab2021-20-75. ISSN 1336-6939. S2CID 244209896. ORCIDs: (NVGS 0000-0002-3892-5338). (RE 0000-0002-1955-1756). (OK 0000-0003-0049-412X). (RIG 0000-0002-1546-1956).
    • Gural-Sverlova, Nina V.; Gural, Roman I.; Rodych, T. V. (2021). "Shell Banding and Color Polymorphism of the Introduced Snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda, Helicidae) in Lviv, Western Ukraine". Zoodiversity. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 55 (1): 51–62. doi:10.15407/zoo2021.01.051. ISSN 2707-725X. S2CID 234113827. ORCIDs: (NVGS 0000-0002-3892-5338). (RIG 0000-0002-1546-1956).
  • Source for statistics used: – accessed February 29, 2004.

External links

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Coordinates: 49°43′03″N 23°57′01″E / 49.71750°N 23.95028°E / 49.71750; 23.95028

lviv, oblast, ukrainian, Льві, вська, бласть, romanized, lvivska, oblast, ˈlʲʋʲiu, sʲkɐ, ˈɔbɫɐsʲtʲ, polish, obwód, lwowski, also, referred, lvivshchyna, ukrainian, Льві, вщина, ˈlʲʋʲiu, ʃɪnɐ, oblast, province, western, ukraine, administrative, center, oblast, . Lviv Oblast Ukrainian Lvi vska o blast romanized Lvivska oblast IPA ˈlʲʋʲiu sʲkɐ ˈɔbɫɐsʲtʲ Polish Obwod lwowski also referred to as Lvivshchyna Ukrainian Lvi vshina IPA ˈlʲʋʲiu ʃt ʃɪnɐ a is an oblast province in western Ukraine The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv The current population is 2 497 750 2021 est 2 Lviv Oblast Lvivska oblastOblastFlagCoat of armsNickname Lvivshina Lvivshchyna Country UkraineAdministrative centerLvivGovernment GovernorMaksym Kozytskyy 1 Oblast council84 seats ChairpersonOleksandr HanushchynArea Total21 833 km2 8 430 sq mi RankRanked 17thElevation296 m 971 ft Population 2021 2 Total2 497 750Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Postal code79 82Area code 380 32ISO 3166 codeUA 46Raions7Hromadas73FIPS 10 4UP15Websitewww wbr loda wbr gov wbr ua dead link Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Climate 4 Politics 4 1 Governors 5 Subdivisions 6 Demographics 6 1 Age structure 6 2 Median age 7 Religion 8 Historical and cultural sites 8 1 Gallery 9 Economy 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory EditThe oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4 1939 following the Soviet invasion of Poland The territory of the former Drohobych Oblast was incorporated into the Lviv Oblast in 1959 The oblast s strategic position at the heart of central Europe and as the gateway to the Carpathians has caused it to change hands many times over the centuries It was ruled variously by Great Moravia Kievan Rus Poland was independent as the state of Galicia Volhynia circa 1200 to 1340 and then ruled by the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth 1340 to 1772 the Austro Hungarian Empire 1772 to 1918 West Ukrainian People s Republic and Poland 1919 to 1939 when it was part of the Lwow Voivodeship of the Second Republic of Poland The region s historically dominant Ukrainian population declared the area to be a part of an independent West Ukrainian National Republic in November 1918 June 1919 but this endured only briefly Local autonomy was provided in international treaties but later on those were not honoured by the Polish government and the area experienced much ethnic tension between the Polish and Ukrainian population The region and its capital city take their name from the time of Galicia Volhynia when Daniel of Galicia the King of Rus founded Lviv naming the city after his son Leo During this time the general region around Lviv was known as Red Ruthenia Cherven Rus The region only became part of the Soviet Union under the terms of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact in 1939 when it was annexed to the Ukrainian SSR It was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944 when almost all local Jews were killed and remained in Soviet hands after World War II as was arranged during the Teheran and Yalta conferences Local Poles were expelled and Ukrainians expelled from Poland arrived Given its historical development Lviv Oblast is one of the least Russified and Sovietized parts of Ukraine with much of its Polish and Habsburg heritage still visible today In Ukraine today there are three provinces oblasts that formed the eastern part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Two of these Lviv Oblast and Ivano Frankivsk Oblast were entirely contained in the kingdom the third oblast of Ternopil was mainly in the kingdom apart from four of its most northerly counties raions The counties of the Kingdom of Galicia remained largely unchanged when they were incorporated into successor states with minor changes as detailed below the current counties are almost co extensive with those of the Kingdom During the 2014 Euromaidan protests the region is also notable for having declared independence from the central government led by Viktor Yanukovych who started to use active military force against protestors 3 Geography EditThe terrain of Lviv Oblast is highly varied The southern part is occupied by the low Beskyd Ukrainian Beskidi mountain chains running parallel to each other from northwest to southeast and covered with secondary coniferous forests as part of the Eastern Carpathians the highest point is Pikuy 1408 m North from there are the wide upper Dniester river valley and much smaller upper San River valley These rivers have flat bottoms covered with alluvial deposits and are susceptible to floods Between these valleys and Beskyd lies the Precarpathian upland covered with deciduous forests with well known mineral spa resorts see Truskavets Morshyn It s also the area of one of the earliest industrial petroleum and gas extraction These deposits are all but depleted by now In the central part of the region lie Roztocze Opillia and part of the Podolia uplands Rich sulphur deposits were mined here during the Soviet era Roztocze is densely forested while Opillia and Podolia being covered with loess on which fertile soils develop are densely populated and mostly covered by arable land In the central north part of the region lies the Small Polesia lowland geographically isolated from the rest of Polesia but with similar terrain and landscapes flat plains with sandy fluvioglacial deposits and pine forests The far North of the region lies on the Volhynia upland which is also covered with loess coal is mined in this area Roztochia Biosphere Reserve The Tustan rock complex in Skole Raion Skole Beskids View of the village Tukholka Grassy flatlands with rolling hills in Drohobych Raion Mount Parashka the highest peak of the Parashka Range in the Skole Beskids Zashkiv village in Zhovkva RaionClimate EditThe climate of Lviv Oblast is moderately cool and humid The average January temperatures range from 7 C 19 F in the Carpathians to 3 C 27 F in the Dniester and San River valleys while in July the average temperatures are from 14 15 C 57 59 F in the Carpathians to 16 17 C 61 63 F in Roztocze and 19 C 66 F in the lower part of the Dniester valley 4 The average annual precipitation is 600 650 mm 23 62 25 59 in in the lowlands 650 750 mm 25 59 29 53 in in the highlands and up to 1 000 mm 39 37 in in the Carpathians with the majority of precipitation occurring in summer Prolonged droughts are uncommon while strong rainfalls can cause floods in river valleys Severe winds during storms can also cause damage especially in the highlands The climate is favourable for the cultivation of sugar beets winter wheat flax rye cabbage apples and for dairy farming It is still too cold to successfully cultivate maize sunflower grapes melon watermelon or peaches in Lviv Oblast In the Carpathians conditions are favourable for Alpine skiing 3 4 months a year Politics Edit Government House Lviv Raions of Lviv Oblast Governors Edit Chairmen of the Executive CommitteeTerm start Term end Name Year of birth Year of deathMarch 1991 6 April 1992 Vyacheslav Chornovil b 1937 d 1999June 1994 July 1995 Mykola Horyn b 1945Representative of the PresidentTerm start Term end Name Year of birth20 March 1992 June 1994 Stepan Davymuka b 1947Heads of the Administration 5 Term start Term end Name Year of birth Year of death7 July 1995 6 Feb 1997 Mykola Horyn b 19456 Feb 1997 14 Jan 1999 Mykhailo Hladiy b 195215 Jan 1999 19 March 2001 Stepan Senchuk b 1955 d 200526 March 2001 26 April 2002 Mykhailo Hladiy b 195226 April 2002 4 June 2003 Myron Yankiv b 19519 June 2003 20 Dec 2004 Oleksandr Sendeha b 195320 Dec 2004 4 Feb 2005 Bohdan Matolych acting b 19554 Feb 2005 20 Feb 2008 Petro Oliynyk b 1957 d 201120 Feb 2008 27 Feb 2008 Valery Pyatak acting b 195927 Feb 2008 20 April 2010 Kmit Mykola acting to 1 Sep 2008 b 196620 April 2010 21 December 2010 6 Vasyl Horbal 7 b 197121 December 2010 2 November 2011 6 Mykhailo Tsymbaliuk 6 b 19642 November 2011 6 4 March 2013 8 Mykhailo Kostiuk 6 b 19614 March 2013 8 31 October 2013 9 Viktor Shemchuk 8 b 197031 October 2013 9 23 January 2014 10 Oleh Salo 9 b 19682 March 2014 14 August 2014 11 Iryna Sekh b 197014 August 2014 26 December 2014 Yuriy Turyanskyi acting b 197526 December 2014 11 June 2019 Oleh Synyutka b 197011 June 2019 5 July 2019 Rostyslav Zamlynsky acting b 19765 July 2019 5 February 2020 Markiyan Malsky b 19845 February 2020 Maksym Kozytsky b 1984Subdivisions EditMain article Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast Drohobych The second largest city in Lviv Oblast Truskavets a small resort town in the Carpathian foothills Architecture in Stryi Half timbered old villa in the Carpathian foothills in Skole Raion Lviv Oblast was administratively subdivided into 20 raions districts as well as 9 city municipalities which are directly subordinate to the oblast government Boryslav Chervonohrad Drohobych Morshyn Novyi Rozdil Sambir Stryi Truskavets and the administrative center of the oblast Lviv Kingdom of Galicia administrative 1914 Hromada Gromada Type Center Raion Raion before 2020Belz urban Belz Chervonohrad SokalBibrka urban Bibrka Lviv PeremyshlianyBiskovychi rural Biskovychi Sambir SambirBorynia settlement Borynia Sambir TurkaBoryslav urban Boryslav Drohobych Boryslav MunicipalityBrody urban Brody Zolochiv BrodyBusk urban Busk Zolochiv BuskChervonohrad urban Chervonohrad Chervonohrad Chervonohrad MunicipalityDavydiv rural Davydiv Lviv PustomytyDobromyl urban Dobromyl Sambir Staryi SambirDobrosyn Maheriv rural Maheriv Lviv ZhovkvaDobrotvir settlement Dobrotvir Chervonohrad Kamianka BuzkaDrohobych urban Drohobych Drohobych Drohobych MunicipalityHlyniany urban Hlyniany Lviv ZolochivHnizdychiv settlement Hnizdychiv Stryi ZhydachivHorodok urban Horodok Lviv HorodokHrabovets Duliby rural Duliby Stryi StryiIvano Frankove settlement Ivano Frankove Yavoriv YavorivKamianka Buzka urban Kamianka Buzka Lviv Kamianka BuzkaKhodoriv urban Khodoriv Stryi ZhydachivKhyriv urban Khyriv Sambir Staryi SambirKomarno urban Komarno Lviv HorodokKozova rural Kozova Stryi SkoleKrasne settlement Krasne Zolochiv BuskKulykiv settlement Kulykiv Lviv ZhovkvaLopatyn settlement Lopatyn Chervonohrad RadekhivLviv urban Lviv Lviv Lviv MunicipalityMedenychi settlement Medenychi Drohobych DrohobychMorshyn urban Morshyn Stryi city of MorshynMostyska urban Mostyska Yavoriv MostyskaMurovane rural Murovane Lviv PustomytyMykolaiv urban Mykolaiv Stryi MykolaivNovoiavorivsk urban Novoiavorivsk Yavoriv YavorivNovyi Kalyniv urban Novyi Kalyniv Sambir SambirNovyi Rozdil urban Novyi Rozdil Stryi city of Novyi RozdilObroshyne rural Obroshyne Lviv PustomytyPeremyshliany urban Peremyshliany Lviv PeremyshlianyPidberiztsi rural Pidberiztsi Lviv PustomytyPidkamin settlement Pidkamin Zolochiv BrodyPomoriany settlement Pomoriany Zolochiv ZolochivPustomyty urban Pustomyty Lviv PustomytyRadekhiv urban Radekhiv Chervonohrad RadekhivRalivka rural Ralivka Sambir SambirRava Ruska urban Rava Ruska Lviv ZhovkvaRozvadiv rural Rozvadiv Stryi MykolaivRudky urban Rudky Sambir SambirSambir urban Sambir Sambir city of SambirShchyrets settlement Shchyrets Lviv PustomytyShehyni rural Shehyni Yavoriv MostyskaSkhidnytsia settlement Skhidnytsia Drohobych Boryslav MunicipalitySkole urban Skole Stryi SkoleSlavske settlement Slavske Stryi SkoleSokal urban Sokal Chervonohrad SokalSokilnyky rural Sokilnyky Lviv PustomytySolonka rural Solonka Lviv PustomytyStaryi Sambir urban Staryi Sambir Sambir Staryi SambirStrilky rural Strilky Sambir Staryi SambirStryi urban Stryi Stryi city of StryiSudova Vyshnia urban Sudova Vyshnia Yavoriv MostyskaTrostianets rural Trostianets Stryi MykolaivTruskavets urban Truskavets Drohobych city of TruskavetsTurka urban Turka Sambir TurkaVelyki Mosty urban Velyki Mosty Chervonohrad SokalVelykyi Liubin settlement Velykyi Liubin Lviv HorodokYarychiv settlement Novyi Yarychiv Lviv Kamianka BuzkaYavoriv urban Yavoriv Yavoriv YavorivZabolottsi rural Zabolottsi Zolochiv BrodyZhovkva urban Zhovkva Lviv ZhovkvaZhovtantsi rural Zhovtantsi Lviv Kamianka BuzkaZhuravne settlement Zhuravne Stryi ZhydachivZhydachiv urban Zhydachiv Stryi ZhydachivZolochiv urban Zolochiv Zolochiv ZolochivZymna Voda rural Zymna Voda Lviv PustomytyRaions of the Lviv Oblast In English In Ukrainian Administrative CenterBrody Raion Brodivskij rajon Brodivs kyi raion Brody City Busk Raion Buskij rajon Bus kyi raion Busk City Drohobych Raion Drogobickij rajon Drohobyts kyi raion Drohobych City Horodok Raion Gorodockij rajon Horodots kyi raion Horodok City Kamianka Buzka Raion Kam yanka Buzkij rajon Kamyanka Buz kyi raion Kamianka Buzka City Mostyska Raion Mostiskij rajon Mostys kyi raion Mostyska City Mykolaiv Raion Mikolayivskij rajon Mykolayivs kyi raion Mykolaiv City Peremyshliany Raion Peremishlyanskij rajon Peremyshlians kyi raion Peremyshliany City Pustomyty Raion Pustomitivskij rajon Pustomytivs kyi raion Pustomyty City Radekhiv Raion Radehivskij rajon Radekhivs kyi raion Radekhiv City Sambir Raion Sambirskij rajon Sambirs kyi raion Sambir City Skole Raion Skolivskij rajon Skolivs kyi raion Skole City Sokal Raion Sokalskij rajon Sokal s kyi raion Sokal City Staryi Sambir Raion Starosambirskij rajon Starosambirs kyi raion Staryi Sambir City Stryi Raion Strijskij rajon Stryis kyi raion Stryi City Turka Raion Turkivskij rajon Turkivs kyi raion Turka City Yavoriv Raion Yavorivskij rajon Yavorivs kyi raion Yavoriv City Zhovkva Raion Zhovkivskij rajon Zhovkivs kyi raion Zhovkva City Zhydachiv Raion Zhidachivskij rajon Zhydachivs kyi raion Zhydachiv City Zolochiv Raion Zolochivskij rajon Zolochivs kyi raion Zolochiv City Demographics EditMale female ratio 48 52 Nationalities 2001 94 8 of the region s population are Ukrainians 3 6 or 92 600 people are Russians Poles account for 0 7 there are also smaller German Jewish and Romani minorities 12 Notably the comparison of the 2001 Ukrainian census mentioned above with the last Soviet census of 1989 reveals that in those 12 years the number of Poles in the Lviv Oblast declined by 29 7 percent which in the opinion of Wspolnota Polska Society defies explanation and could possibly be attributed to the intensive Ukrainization of the Roman Catholic Church 13 Age structure Edit 0 14 years 15 7 male 202 923 female 193 000 15 64 years 70 0 male 867 699 female 897 788 65 years and over 14 3 male 122 906 female 238 016 2013 official Median age Edit total 38 0 years male 35 2 years female 40 9 years 2013 official Religion EditFifty nine percent of the religious organisations active in the Lviv Oblast adhere to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is the second largest religious body The followers of the Roman Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate are mostly from the Polish and Russian or non Galician Ukrainian minorities respectively Zhovkva Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of Sts Peter amp Paul in Sokal Church of Our Lady Protectress in Stryi Church of St Anna in Boryslav the fifth largest city in Lviv Oblast Church of the Blessed Eucharist Klymets Skole district Zolochiv The church of Assumption of the Holy Virgin 1731 1763 Historical and cultural sites EditThe city of Lviv contains a well preserved main square Rynok and numerous historical and beautiful churches Other sites of interest are the historic Lychakivskiy Cemetery the local museum of folklore and the ruins of the famous Vysokyi Zamok The name of the castle is closely tied to the name of the city There is also a museum of military artifacts the Arsenal Well preserved local wooden churches castles and monasteries can be found throughout the Oblast One of them is the Olesko Castle which is first recorded in 1327 Another castle that was built at the end of the 15th century is Svirzh Castle in the village of Svirzh Peremeshliany Raion One more and no less famous castle is the Pidhirtsi Castle Its architectural complex consists of the three story palace Kostel and small park In Roztochia is also located the Krekhivsky monastery in the buch check spelling pine grove at the foot of the Pobiyna mount The whole complex consists of the Saint Nikola Church the bell tower numerous service structures and defensive walls with towers Another site worth of mentioning is the Tustan city fortress which is built in the rock The site was nominated as the historical and as the natural wonder of Ukraine There also a nature complex in the valley of the Kamianka river in Skoliv Raion Another natural wonder of the region is the Kamin Veleten Rock Giant in English which is located near city of Pidkamin in Zolochiv Raion The name of the local city means Under the Rock A local museum of Ukrainian art and an institution of higher learning Ivan Franko State University are also present Gallery Edit Wooden Trinity Church in Zhovkva Zhovkva Castle Villa in Drohobych Svirzh Castle Sambir The former Treasury buildingEconomy EditThe most important research into cereal epidemics in the country is undertaken here 14 The National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine s Institute of Agriculture in Obroshino is the center of study for cereal pathogens including powdery mildew of barley 14 In the early 2000s the most active researchers here were Olga Vronska and G Kosilovich at the IoA 14 Puccinia recondita Erysiphe graminis syn Blumeria graminis and various Pseudocercosporella spp are present and are significant in winter wheat in this oblast 15 Two introduced banded land snails the Grove Snail Cepaea nemoralis and White Lipped Snail C hortensis are found here 16 C n was intentionally brought here in the late 1800s but the genetic analysis of Gural Sverlova et al 2021 shows continued introductions have also occurred ever since 16 The geographic distribution of both suggests they arrive through the gardening trade as is known from other countries 16 This analysis shows several distinct arrivals of C n yielding several present day populations in and around Lviv 16 See also EditList of Canadian place names of Ukrainian origin Ukrainian immigrants to Canada brought place names from this oblast with them to Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan Poland s Lwow Voivodeship 1921 1939 Subdivisions of UkraineReferences Edit Most of Ukraine s oblasts are named after their capital cities officially referred to as oblast centers Ukrainian oblasni j ce ntr romanized oblasnyi centr IPA obɫɐsˈnɪj ˈt sɛntr The name of each oblast is a relational adjective in English translating to a noun adjunct which otherwise serves the same function formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of the respective center city Lʹviv is the center of the Lʹvivsʹka oblastʹ Lviv Oblast Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form following the convention of traditional regional place names ending with the suffix shchyna as is the case with the Lviv Oblast Lvivshchyna Zelensky introduces new head of Lviv Regional State Administration Ukrinform 6 February 2020 a b Chiselnist nayavnogo naselennya Ukrayini na 1 sichnya 2021 Number of Present Population of Ukraine as of January 1 2021 PDF in Ukrainian and English Kyiv State Statistics Service of Ukraine Ukraine Facing Civil War Lviv Declares Independence from Yanukovich Rule WorldClimate com Data for L viv Lviv worldstatesmen org a b c d e Yanukovych appoints ex Ukrzaliznytsia head Kostiuk governor of Lviv region Kyiv Post 2 November 2011 Horbal appointed Lviv regional governor Kyiv Post April 20 2010 a b c Gryshchenko introduces new Lviv regional governor to local officials Kyiv Post 4 March 2013 a b c Yanukovych appoints Salo as governor of Lviv region UKRINFORM 23 January 2014 Lviv governor Salo resigns mass media Unian 23 January 2013 Poroshenko dismisses Sekh as Lviv region governor appoints Turiansky as acting governor kyivpost com 15 August 2014 Derzhavnij komitet statistiki Ukrayini 2004 Nacionalnij sklad naselennya Lvivska oblast Ukrainian Census Lviv Oblast Internet Archive Archived from the original on September 26 2010 Retrieved 10 December 2013 Polonia w opracowaniach 2013 Zmiany w liczebnosci ludnosci polskiej na Ukrainie w okresie 1989 2001 Changes in the number of Poles in Ukraine in the period between 1989 and 2001 Polacy na Ukrainie Stowarzyszenie Wspolnota Polska Archived from the original on 2013 12 15 Retrieved 10 December 2013 a b c Deising H B 2009 Plant Relationships The Mycota Vol 5 Berlin Springer Nature Switzerland ISBN 978 3 540 87407 2 OCLC 318545655 ISBN 978 3 540 87406 5 ISBN 978 3 642 09952 6 63 Brown James K M Hovmoller Mogens S 2002 07 26 Aerial Dispersal of Pathogens on the Global and Continental Scales and Its Impact on Plant Disease Science American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS 297 5581 537 541 Bibcode 2002Sci 297 537B doi 10 1126 science 1072678 ISSN 0036 8075 PMID 12142520 S2CID 4207803 Zhan Jiasui Thrall Peter H Papaix Julien Xie Lianhui Burdon Jeremy J 2015 08 04 Playing on a Pathogen s Weakness Using Evolution to Guide Sustainable Plant Disease Control Strategies Annual Review of Phytopathology Annual Reviews 53 1 19 43 doi 10 1146 annurev phyto 080614 120040 ISSN 0066 4286 PMID 25938275 Hovmoller Mogens S Caffier Valerie Jalli Marja 2000 The European barley powdery mildew virulence survey and disease nursery 1993 1999 PDF Agronomie EDP Sciences 20 7 729 743 doi 10 1051 agro 2000172 ISSN 0249 5627 HAL Id 00886083 Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus Invasive Species Compendium ISC CABI Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International 2019 11 24 Retrieved 2021 05 07 Lisovoy M P Parphenyuk A I 1997 Pathogenicity of Puccinia recondita Erysiphe graminis and Pseudocercosporella spp in the Ukraine and sources of group resistance of the winter wheat to these pathogens Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection Taylor amp Francis 31 1 45 49 doi 10 1080 03235409709383215 ISSN 0323 5408 a b c d Gural Sverlova Nina Egorov Roman Kruglova Oksana Kovalevich Natalia Gural Roman 2021 09 27 Introduced land snail Cepaea nemoralis Gastropoda Helicidae in Eastern Europe spreading history and the shell colouration variability Malacologica Bohemoslovaca Masaryk University Press 20 75 91 doi 10 5817 mab2021 20 75 ISSN 1336 6939 S2CID 244209896 ORCIDs NVGS 0000 0002 3892 5338 RE 0000 0002 1955 1756 OK 0000 0003 0049 412X RIG 0000 0002 1546 1956 Gural Sverlova Nina V Gural Roman I Rodych T V 2021 Shell Banding and Color Polymorphism of the Introduced Snail Cepaea nemoralis Gastropoda Helicidae in Lviv Western Ukraine Zoodiversity National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 55 1 51 62 doi 10 15407 zoo2021 01 051 ISSN 2707 725X S2CID 234113827 ORCIDs NVGS 0000 0002 3892 5338 RIG 0000 0002 1546 1956 Source for statistics used L viv Regional State Administration Web Site accessed February 29 2004 External links Edit Media related to Lviv Oblast at Wikimedia Commons L viv Regional State Administration Web Site Symbols and flags Coordinates 49 43 03 N 23 57 01 E 49 71750 N 23 95028 E 49 71750 23 95028 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lviv Oblast amp oldid 1130460171, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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