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Encyclopedia > Drohobych
Drohobych
(Дрогобич)
Coordinates: 49°21′N 23°30′W
Country Ukraine
Oblast Lviv
Raion Drohobytskyi Raion
First mentioned 1387
Area  
 - City 41.0 km²  (15.8 sq mi)
Website: drohobych.com

Drohobych (Ukrainian: Дрогобич, German: Drohobytsch, Polish: Drohobycz, Russian: Дрогобыч, translit. Drogobych) is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia river and Seret, a tributary of the latter, in the Lviv Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. The current estimated population is around 77,049 (as of 2005). Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and two cities with special status (singular місто зі спеціальним статусом, misto zi spetsialnym statusom). ... Lviv Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine, created on December 4, 1939. ... Lviv Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine, created on December 4, 1939. ... Drohobych Raion (Ukrainian: , translit: Drohobyts’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... There exist many possible systems for transliterating the Cyrillic alphabet of the Russian language to English or the Latin alphabet. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky The main square of the Catalan city of Sabadell during a popular celebration. ... Tysmenytsya (Ukrainian: ) is a city and powiat (county) in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in the Ukraine. ... Seret (Ukrainian: ) is a minor river in Ukraine, a tributary of Tysmenytsia. ... Lviv Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine, created on December 4, 1939. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Administrative status

Serving as the administrative center of the Drohobytskyi Raion (district), Drohobych itself is a city of oblast subordinance, thus being subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed in the city itself. In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Drohobych Raion (Ukrainian: , translit: Drohobyts’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ... Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and two cities with special status (singular місто зі спеціальним статусом, misto zi spetsialnym statusom). ...


Economy

Industries currently based in the city include oil-refineries, chemicals, machinery, metallurgy, and food processing. A refinery is composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations used for refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value. ... Chemical tanks in Lillebonne, France Chemical industry includes those industries involved in the production of petrochemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, oleochemicals etc. ... A machine is any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of tasks. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans. ...


History

A historical building
A historical building

Drohobych probably existed in the Kievan Rus period while there are only legendary accounts of that. Image File history File linksMetadata Pohribets. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Pohribets. ... Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the...


According to one legend there was a settlement, called Bych, of the salt-traders. When Bych was destroyed in the Cumans raid, the survivors rebuilt the settlement at the nearby location under the current name which means the Second or Another Bych. In the time of the Kievan Rus the Tustan fortress was built near Drohobych. However, scholars view this legend with skepticism, pointing out that Drohobych is a Polish pronunciation of Dorogobuzh, a common East Slavic toponym applied to three different towns of Kievan Rus. [1] A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) Salt covering the floor of Bad Water in Death Valley, CA, the lowest point in the US. A salt, in chemistry, is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral... Cumans, also called as Polovtsy, (Russian Половцы, from old Slavic for pale yellowish) was the European name for the Western Kipchaks, a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. ... Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the... Dorogobuzh (Russian: Дорогобуж) is a historic town straddling the Dnieper River in the Smolensk Oblast of Russia, 125 km to the east of Smolensk and 71 km west of Vyazma. ... Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the...


The city was first mentioned in 1387 in the municipal records of Lvov in connection with some Martin (or Marcin) of Drohobych.[1] Also, the chronicler's "List of all Ruthenian cities, the further and the near ones"[2] in Voskresensky Chronicle (dated 1377-1382) mentions "Другабець" (Drugabets') among other cities in Volhynia that existed at the time such as Холмъ (Cholm), Лвівъ Великій (Lvіv the Great) Events June 2 - John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon. ... Lviv ( Львів in Ukrainian; Львов, Lvov in Russian; Lwów in Polish; Leopolis in Latin; Lemberg in German—see also cities alternative names) is a city in western Ukraine with 830,000 inhabitants (an additional 200,000 commute daily from... CheÅ‚m (Ukrainian: Kholm) is a town in eastern Poland with 68,595 inhabitants (2004). ... Motto: Semper fidelis Location Map of Ukraine with Lviv. ...


In 1392 Jogaila ordered a construction of the first Latin Catholic cathedral (Koscol) using the foundations of old Ruthenian buildings that existed prior to that. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the city was the center of large rural starostvo (county). Drohobych received the Magdeburg rights some time in the 15th century (sources differ as to an exact year and some give 1422, 1460,[1] or 1496[3] but in 1506 the right were confirmed by the king Alexander the Jagiellonian). In the 14th-16th centuries the city was a home of significant salt industry. From the early-17th century, the Ukrainian Catholic brotherhood existed in the city, Jogaila, or WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw II Jagiełło[1] (ca 1351–1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Magdeburg Rights (or Magdeburg law) were a set of city laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with it by a local ruler. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Reign From December 12, 1501 until August 19, 1506 Coronation On December 12, 1501 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts Helena Children None Date of Birth August 5, 1461 Place of Birth Kraków, Poland... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a successor church to the acceptance of Christianity by Prince Volodymyr (also Vladimir) in Kyiv (Kiev), in 988. ...


In 1648, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, the Cossacks stormed the city and its cathedral. Most of the local Poles, as well as the Uniates and the Jews, were murdered at the time, while some managed to survive in the Bell tower not taken in the raid. Khmelnytsky Uprising (also Chmielnicki Uprising or Khmelnytsky/Chmielnicki Rebellion) refers to a rebellion in the lands of in present-day Ukraine which raged from 1648-1654. ... A tower containing one or more bells, typically part of a church, is a bell tower; attached to a city hall or other civil building, it is usually named belfry; the occasional free standing one may be referred to by its Italian name, campanile. ...


The 1772 partition of Poland gave the city to Austria. As the significant oil resources were discovered in the area, the city became an important center of the oil and natural gas industries. Year 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polish: Rozbiór Polski or Rozbiory Polski; Lithuanian: Lietuvos-Lenkijos padalijimai, Belarusian: Падзелы Рэчы Паспалітай) took place in the 18th century and ended the existence of the sovereign Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... The Oil industry brings to market what is currently considered the lifeblood of nearly all other industry, if not industrialized civilization itself. ... Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant quantities of ethane, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and hydrogen sulfide. ...


Following World War I, the area became part of Poland. In 1928 the Ukrainian private gymnasium opened in the center of the city and is currently operational. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow...


In September, 1939, the city was attached to Soviet Ukraine when the territory of the interwar Poland was divided between the Nazi Germany and the USSR. In Ukraine Drohobych became a center of the Drohobych Oblast (province). In early July, 1941, during the first weeks of the Nazi invasion of the USSR, the city was occupied by the Nazi Germany. As Drohobych had a significant Jewish population, the city became a site of the large ghetto which the Nazis liquidated in June 1943.[4] On August 6, 1944, Drohobych was liberated from the Nazi occupation by the forces of the 4th Ukrainian front.[5] Following the war, the city remained an oblast center until the Drohobych Oblast was into Lviv Oblast in 1959. State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... Anthem: Mazurek DÄ…browskiego Capital Warsaw Language(s) Polish Government Republic President List Prime minister List Legislature Sejm Historical era Interwar period  - World War I November 11, 1918  - Invasion November 2, 1939 Area  - 1939 388,600 km2 150,039 sq mi Population  - 1939 est. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Drohobych Oblast (Ukrainian: ), (December 4, 1939—June 21, 1959) was an oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. It had a territory of 9. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... Combatants Nazi Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Ion Antonescu C.G.E. Mannerheim Benito Mussolini Miklós Horthy Jozef Tiso Joseph Stalin Strength ~3. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background are united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... Lviv Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine, created on December 4, 1939. ...


In Soviet times, Drohobych became an important industrial center in Western Ukraine with highly developed oil-refining industry, machine building, woodworking industry, light industry, and food industry.


Demographics

Drohobych streets
Drohobych streets
The Music and Drama Theater in Drohobych
The Music and Drama Theater in Drohobych

The population of Drohobych throughout the years was: Image File history File links Vulytsia. ... Image File history File links Vulytsia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x792, 243 KB) Summary Music and drama theatre, en: Drohobych, de:Drohobytsch, Ukraine author: Elke Wetzig (elya) date: November 2005 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x792, 243 KB) Summary Music and drama theatre, en: Drohobych, de:Drohobytsch, Ukraine author: Elke Wetzig (elya) date: November 2005 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed...

  • 1931 - 32,300 inhabitants
  • 1959 - 42,000 inhabitants
  • 1970 - 56,000 inhabitants
  • 2001 - 79,000 inhabitants

In 1869, of the town's 16,880 inhabitants 28.7% were Ukrainian, 23.2% were Polish or Roman Catholic, and 47.7% were Jewish; in 1939, when the population was 34,600, the respective figures were 26.3%, 33.2%, and 39.9%. By 1959 Ukrainians constituted 70% of the town's population, Russians 22%, Poles 3%, and Jews 2%.[1] 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 1931, the total population of the Drohobych district was 194,456, distributed among different languages: Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia. 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

  • Polish: 91,935 (47.3%)
  • Ukrainian: 79,214 (40.7%)
  • Yiddish: 20,484 (10.5%)

People

(Yaakov Avigdor) Polish rabbi and author. ... Sanok, (Ukrainian: Сянiк, Latin: Sanocum, German: Saanig, Yiddish: Sonik, in full The Royal Free City of Sanok, Polish: Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok), part of The Land of Sanok (Polish: Ziemia Sanocka, and Ruthenian Voivodeship), is a town in south-eastern Poland with 41,261 inhabitants (2005). ... Elisabeth Bergner was born Elisabeth Ettel on August 22, 1897, in Drohobycz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Drogobych, Ukraine). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Noble Family Chodkiewicz Coat of Arms Chodkiewicz Parents Jan Hieronim Chodkiewicz Krystyna Zborowska Consorts Zofia Mielecka Anna Alojza Ostrogska Children with Zofia Mielecka Hieronim Chodkiewicz Anna Scholastyka Chodkiewicz Date of Birth 1560 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death September 24, 1621 Place of Death Chocim Castle, Poland Jan Karol Chodkiewicz... Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski codename: Alek, Glizda, Kopernicki, Koziorożec (b. ... A Scoutmaster is the adult leader of a Troop in Boy Scouts. ... Ivan Franko Ivan Franko (Іван Франко) (August 15, 1856 – May 28, 1916) was a Ukrainian poet and writer, social and literary critic, journalist, economist, and political activist. ... Irene Frisch has written many articles and stories about her childhood in Poland, surviving the Holocaust, living in Israel and then in the US. Most of her stories are on her website. ... Self-portrait, 1876. ... Born April 1, 1907 in Drohobych, Galacia, Ukraine. ... Andrii Melnyk Andrii Melnyk or Andrij Melnik (Ukrainian: Андрій Мельник) (December 12, 1890-November 1, 1964), Ukrainian military and political leader. ... Yaroslav Popovych is a cyclist with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, and considered by many as a possible successor to Lance Armstrong as team leader. ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... WacÅ‚aw Rzewuski (1705-1779) was a Polish drama writer and poet as well as a military commander and a Grand Crown Hetman. ... Hetman`s coat of arms Hetman StanisÅ‚aw Koniecpolski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Hetman was the title of the second highest military commander (after the monarch) used in 15th to 18th century Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, known from 1569 to 1795 as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... Self portrait of Schulz Bruno Schulz (July 12, 1892 – November 19, 1942) was a Polish/Ukrainian novelist and painter, widely considered to be one of the greatest Polish prose stylists of the 20th century. ...

Sister Cities

City Country Year of Signing
Buffalo, New York Belgium
Muscatine, Iowa Flag of United States United States

Nickname: City of Good Neighbors, Queen City, City of Light Location of Buffalo in New York State County Erie County  - Mayor Byron Brown Area    - City 136. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Sunrise over Mississippi River in Muscatine Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ...

References

  1. ^ a b c History of Drohobych at Drohobych.net
  2. ^ А СЕ ИМЕНА ГРАДОМЪ ВСЂМЪ РУССКЫМЪ, ДАЛНИМЪ И БЛИЖНИМЪ in PSRL, Т. VII. Летопись по Воскресенскому списку. — СПб, 1856. — с. 240-241.
  3. ^ Drohobych in Encyclopedia of Ukraine
  4. ^ The Nazi Crimes in the territory of the USSR
  5. ^ Events of 1944 at hronos.ru

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External links

http://inkermenpress.tripod.com Brian R.Banks' Muse & Messiah: The Life, Imagination & Legacy of Bruno Schulz (1892-1942) contains a lot of information about the city and its life. Also with a CD-Rom map(English) of the town with many old and new photographs. Verkhovna Rada. ...



Coat of Arms of Lviv Oblast Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine Flag of Ukraine

Raions: Brodivskyi | Buskyi | Drohobytskyi | Horodotskyi | Kamianka-Buzkyi | Mostyskyi | Mykolaivskyi | Peremyshlianskyi | Pustomytivskyi | Radekhivskyi | Sambirskyi | Skolivskyi | Sokalskyi | Starosambirskyi | Stryiskyi | Turkivskyi | Yavorivskyi | Zhovkivskyi | Zhydachivskyi | Zolochivskyi Image File history File links Lwiw-oblast-COA.PNG uk: Львівська область, герб File links The following pages link to this file: Lviv Lviv Oblast Drohobych Boryslav Chervonohrad Komarno Brody Zolochiv Belz Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast Stryi Sokal Zhovkva Sambir Yavoriv Khodoriv Zhydachiv Rava Ruska Stary Sambir Dobromil Kamyanka-Buzka Template:Cities in Lviv... Lviv Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine, created on December 4, 1939. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Brodivskyi Raion (Ukrainian: , translit: Brodivs’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Drohobych Raion (Ukrainian: , translit: Drohobyts’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ...

Cities: Belz | Bibrka | Boryslav | Brody | Busk | Chervonohrad | Dobromyl | Drohobych | Dubliany | Hlyniany | Horodok | Kamianka-Buzka | Khodoriv | Khyriv | Komarno | Lviv | Morshyn | Mostyska | Mykolaiv | Novoiavorivske | Novyi Kalyniv | Novyi Rozdil | Peremyshliany | Pustomyty | Radekhiv | Rava-Ruska | Rudky | Sambir | Skole | Sokal | Sosnivka | Staryi Sambir | Stebnyk | Stryi | Sudova Vyshnia | Truskavets | Turka | Uhniv | Velyki Mosty | Vynnyky | Yavoriv | Zhovkva | Zhydachiv | Zolochiv Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and two cities with special status (singular місто зі спеціальним статусом, misto zi spetsialnym statusom). ... Belz (Ukrainian: , Polish: BeÅ‚z or BeÅ‚sk, Yiddish: בעלזא) is a small city in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located at around . ... Location of Bibrka within Ukraine Bibrka (Ukrainian Бібрка), is a city in western Ukraine about 29 km southeast of Lviv on PI29. ... Boryslav as seen from the former castle hill Boryslav (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a town in the Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, on Tysmenitsa River (tributary of Dniester). ... Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939, location the city A church in Brody (1625). ... Busk (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Krystynopol is a city in the Ukraine. ... Dobromyl (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. ... Dubliany (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Hlyniany (Ukrainian: ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Horodok (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Kamianka-Buzka Coat of Arms Kamianka-Buzka (Ukrainian: , translit. ... Khodoriv (Ukrainian: ) - is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. ... Khyriv (Ukrainian: ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Komarno (Ukrainian: ) is a city located in the Horodotsky Raion (district) of the Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. ... Motto: Semper fidelis Location Map of Ukraine with Lviv. ... Morshyn (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Mostyska (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Mykolaiv, or Mykolayiv, is a city in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. ... Novoiavorivske (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Novyi Kalyniv (Ukrainian: ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Novyi Rozdil (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Peremyshliany (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Pustomyty (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Radekhiv (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Rava Ruska (Polish: ) is a town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, near the border with Poland. ... Rudky (Ukrainian: ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Sambir is a city in western Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. ... yeah !!!! BITHCES !!!! ... Alan David Sokal (born 1955) is a physicist at New York University. ... Sosnivka (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Staryi Sambir (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. ... Stebnyk is a town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. ... Stryi (Ukrainian: , Polish: Stryj, also known as Stryy, Stryia and Stry) is a city located on the left bank of the Stryi River in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). ... Sudova Vyshnia (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Truskavets (Polish: ) is a town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. ... Turka, Ukraine (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Uhniv (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Velyki Mosty (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Vynnyky (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Yavoriv (Ukrainian: ), a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine about 50 km west of Lviv. ... Government Country Oblast Raion Ukraine Lviv Oblast Zhovkivskyi Raion Founded 1597 City rights 1603 Geographical characteristics Area  - City 7. ... Zhydachiv (Ukrainian: ; Polish: ) is a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. ... Zolochiv (Ukrainian: ; Polish: ; Russian: , translit. ...

Urban-type settlements: Slavske | more... Urban-type settlement (Russian: , posyolok gorodskogo tipa; Ukrainian: , selyshche miskoho typu; abbreviated as in Russian and as in Ukrainian) is an official designation for a certain type of urban settlements used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union. ... Slavske (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a popular ski resort town in the Eastern Beskids range of the Carpathian mountains in western Ukraine with a population of 3,700. ... As of January 1, 2006 there are 886 urban-type settlements (Ukrainian: , translit. ...

Villages: Hai | Rykhtychi | Sianky | more... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hai (Ukrainian: Гаї) is a village in Brodivskyi Raion of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. ... Rykhtychi (Ukrainian: Рихтичі, (Polish: Rychcice ) is a village in Lviv Oblast, Drohobych region, Ukraine (zip code - 82151). ... Sianky (Ukrainian: ; Polish: ) is a village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine on the Sian River. ...


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Drohobych in Ukrainian, Drogobych in Russian and Drohobycz in Polish.
Drohobych was a hometown to Polish Jewish 19th century revolutionary painter Maurycy Gotlieb (1856-1879, whose painting "Jesus Preaching in the Temple" was a revolutionary piece because it no longer shows Jesus as an Italian or German, but as a Jew preaching to his fellow Hebrews).
Drohobych was also a cradle to Ukrainian astrologist, writer, doctor of Medicine and Philosophy of Bologna University Yuriy Drohobych (Kotermak, lived in 1450-1494), also known as Georgius de Drohobycz in Latin.
Drohobych (333 words)
Drohobych was 32,300 in 1931, 42,000 in 1959, and 56,000 in 1970.
trade changed the composition of Drohobych's population: in 1869, of the town's 16,880 inhabitants 28.7 percent were Ukrainian, 23.2 percent were Polish or Roman Catholic, and 47.7 percent were
Until 1939 Drohobych was a Ukrainian national and cultural center, with a Ukrainian
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