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___MASK69___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK69___ , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the ___MASK74___ and ___MASK94___ to the south ; ___MASK63___ and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of ___MASK69___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK69___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . ___MASK69___ is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . Peremyshliany Raion is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western ___MASK63___ . Its administrative center is Peremyshliany . Population : . The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ( UGCC ) (   -   (  ), " Ukrains ' ka Hreko - Katolyts ' ka Tserkva ") is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See . It is the second - largest particular church (" sui juris ") in the Catholic Church ( after the Latin , or Roman , Church ). It traces its origin to the Ruthenian Uniate Church that existed before the partition of ___MASK69___ . Lviv (', ', ; Yiddish :  ; Latin : " Leopolis "), the largest city in western ___MASK63___ and the seventh largest city in the country overall , is one of the main cultural centres of ___MASK63___ . Named in honor of the Leo , the eldest son of Rus ' King Daniel of Galicia . It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia  Volhynia ( also called Kingdom of Rus ') from 1272 to 1349 , when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great who then became known as the King of Poland and Rus '. From 1434 , it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland and was known as Lwów . In 1772 , after the First partition of Poland , the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and was renamed to Lemberg . In 1918 in a short time was the capital of the West Ukrainian People ' s Republic . Between the wars , the city was known again as Lwów and was the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic . After World War II , it became part of the Soviet Union ( Ukrainian SSR ) and in 1991 of independent ___MASK63___ . Administratively , Lviv serves as the administrative center of Lviv Oblast and has the status of city of oblast significance . Its population is . Peremyshliany is a town in Lviv Oblast ( region ) of ___MASK63___ . It is administrative center of the Peremyshliany Raion . Population : . Historical Ruthenia is a proper geographical exonym for Kievan ___MASK91___ and other , more local , historical states . It was applied to the area where Ruthenians lived . The Catholic Church , also known as the Roman Catholic Church , is the largest Christian church , with more than 1 . 27 billion members ___MASK7___ . As one of the oldest religious institutions in the world , it has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilisation . Headed by the Bishop of Rome , known as the pope , its doctrines are summarised in the Nicene Creed . The Catholic Church is notable within Western Christianity for its sacred tradition and seven sacraments . Lviv Oblast ( translit . " L  vivs  ka oblast "; also referred to as L  vivshchyna ) is an oblast ( province ) in western ___MASK63___ . The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv . Population : . ___MASK63___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and Slovakia to the west , Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK63___ is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK63___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK63___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite ( Ukrainian :  -      ) is the only lavra of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church . It is situated in Peremyshliany Raion , Lviv Oblast . The monastery houses about 100 Studite Brethren . The original Orthodox monastery was founded ca . 1400 by Theodore , the son of Liubartas . Parts of the 15th century walls survive . The abbey was surrounded by a high rampart and a deep moat . The main church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . It was built after a Tatar raid in 1548 and looks like a small fortress . A two - storey bell tower from the 1630s stands nearby . In the 18th century Univ housed a printing house . The monastery was disbanded in 1790 . Mykhajlo Levitsky transformed the property into his residence . The moat was filled in and parts of the medieval wall were demolished . Levitsky ' s summer palace dates from the 1820s . The lavra was re - established in 1904 on the basis of the Krystinopil Basil Monastery by the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky .