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- Lviv - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
The city of Lviv in western Ukraine has had many names-Lvov (Russian), Lwow (Polish), and Lemberg (German)-and many rulers. Lviv is now the administrative center of Lviv oblast (province), but in past centuries it was the chief center of Galicia, a historic region of Eastern Europe. Its position controlling east-west routes and passes across the Carpathian Mountains has given Lviv a stormy history.