Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast | |
---|---|
Львівська область / Lwiwska oblast | |
Basic data | |
Oblast center : | Lviv |
Official languages : | Ukrainian |
Residents : | 2,538,400 (2014) |
Population density : | 116.26 inhabitants per km² |
in cities : | 59.7% |
Area : | 21,833 km² |
KOATUU : | 4600000000 |
License plate : | BC, HC |
Administrative division | |
Rajons : | 20th |
Cities : | 44 |
managed by Oblast: | 9 |
administered by Rajon: | 35 |
Stadtrajone : | 6th |
Urban-type settlements : | 34 |
Villages: | 1,849 |
Settlements : | 1 |
Contact | |
Address: | вул. Винниченка 18 79008 м. Львів |
Website: | Official website |
map | |
Statistical information |
The Lviv Oblast ( Ukrainian Львівська область Lwiwska oblast ; Russian Львовская область Lvovskaya oblast ) is an administrative unit of Ukraine in the north-west of the country. It has around 2.54 million inhabitants (2014).
The Oblast includes part of the historic landscape of Galicia , but the villages included Pissotschne (Пісочне) Matiw (Матів) Salyschnja (Залижня) Bodjatschiw (Бодячів) Schpykolossy (Шпиколоси) Knjasche (Княже) and Fussiw (Фусів) to End of the existence of Galicia in 1918 not to.
The capital is Lviv ; other cities are Drohobych , Tscherwonohrad and Stryj . The most important transport connections from Ukraine to Slovakia , Austria and southern Europe run through the oblast .
In the West, the oblast borders on Poland ( provinces of Lublin and Subcarpathian ). To the north to the Volyn and Rivne Oblast , to the east to the Ternopil Oblast , to the southeast and south to the Ivano-Frankivsk and Transcarpathian Oblasts .
About 5% of the total population of Ukraine live in the Oblast, 60.6% in urban areas. The population density is one and a half times higher than in the rest of the country. It is the most urbanized of the western oblasts. The oblast is rich in water bodies. There are also natural gas reserves in 15 deposits.
The license plate of the Oblast are BC and HC.
history
The oblast arose after the occupation of eastern Poland by the Soviet Union as part of the Ukrainian SSR per ukase on December 4, 1939 from the eastern parts of the previously existing Polish voivodeships of Lemberg and Tarnopol . Initially, the following formerly Polish powiate ( called Ujesd in Russian ) were retained:
- Bobrka / Bóbrka (Бобркский уезд)
- Brody (Бродский уезд)
- Gorodok / Gródek (Городокский уезд)
- Scholkew / Żółkiew (Жолкевский уезд)
- Solochev / Złoczów (Золочевский уезд)
- Kamenka-Strumilowa / Kamionka Strumiłowa (Каменский уезд)
- Ljubachev / Lubaczów (Любачевский уезд) with changed borders
- Lwow / Lwów (Львовский уезд)
- Peremyschljany / Przemyślany (Перемышлянский уезд)
- Rawa-Russkaja / Rawa Ruska (Рава-Русский уезд)
- Radechow / Radziechów (Радзеховский уезд)
- Sokal (Сокальский уезд)
- Jaworow / Jaworów (Яворовский уезд).
After deliberations on January 10, 1940, the Ujesde was dissolved on January 17, 1940 and replaced by the following Rajons (the Russian names are given as they reflect the official names of the time):
- Bobrka district with Bobrka district center (Бобрка)
- Brody Raion with Brody Raion Center (Броди)
- Busk district with Busk district center (Буськ)
- Dzedsiluw district with Dzedsiluw district center (Дзедзилув)
- Dunajuw district with Dunajuw district center (Дунаюв)
- Glinjany district with Glinjany district center (Глиняны)
- Rayon Gorinez with Rajonszentrum Gorinez (Горинец)
- Gorodok district with Gorodok district center (Городок)
- Janow district with Janow district center (Янов)
- Rayon Jarytschew Novy with Rajonszentrum Jarytschew Novy (Ярычев Новый)
- Jaworow Raion with Jaworow Raion Center (Яворов)
- Kamenka-Strumilowa district with the Kamenka-Strumilowa district center (Каменка-Струмилова)
- Kamionka-Woloska Raion with the Kamionka-Woloska Raion Center (Камионка-Волоска)
- Krakowets district with Krakowets district center (Краковец)
- Krasnoye district with Krasnoye district center (Красное)
- Kulikow Raion with Kulikow Raion Center (Куликов)
- Lyaschki district with Lyaschki district center (Ляшки)
- Lopatin District with Lopatin District Center (Лопатин)
- Lyubachev district with Lyubachev district center (Любачев)
- Lvov district with Lvov district center (Львов)
- Mosty wilt district with Mosty wilt district center (Мосты Велке)
- Rayon Nemirow with Rajonszentrum Nemirow (Немиров)
- Olesko district with Olesko district center (Олеско)
- Shevchenko district with Shevchenko district center (Шевченково)
- Peremysljany district with Peremysljany district center (Перемишляни)
- Podkamen district with Podkamen district center (Подкамень)
- Ponikowiza district with Ponikowiza district center (Пониковица)
- Rava Russkaja district with Rava Russkaja district center (Рава Русская)
- Radechow district with Radechow district center (Радехов)
- Sholkev Raion with Sholkev Raion Center (Жолкев)
- Skole district with Skole district center (Сколе)
- Sinyava district with Sinyava district center (Синява)
- Sokal district with Sokal district center (Сокаль)
- Sokolniki district with Sokolniki district center (Сокольники)
- Zolochev Raion with Zolochev Raion Center (Золочев)
- Ugnew Raion with Ugnev Raion Center (Угнев)
- Rayon Schtschirez with Rajonszentrum Schtschirez (Щирец)
- Winniki district with Winniki district center (Винники)
Then there were the independent cities of Lvov, Brody, Gorodok, Solochev and Rava Russkaja.
However, the oblast was dissolved again after Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the area was largely absorbed in the Galicia district and could only be restored after the area was recaptured by the Red Army in 1944.
In October 1944, due to negotiations between the Soviet Union and the Lublin Committee, the following districts were returned to Poland: Gorinez district, Lyubachev district, Ugnew district, Lyashki district and Sinyava district.
As a result of the Polish-Soviet exchange of territory in the spring of 1951, a new Sabug / Sabuh Rajon (Забузький район) was created which included the new Soviet territories. On May 21, 1959, the southern Drohobych oblast was finally dissolved and merged with the oblast. Since then, the boundaries of the oblast have not changed, although changes to the Rajonen were made until the 1960s.
politics
In the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2012 , Lviv Oblast had the highest turnout with 67.12%. The right-wing extremist party All-Ukrainian Association "Svoboda" achieved the highest number of votes nationwide with 38.01%.
geography
Some larger rivers have their source in the oblast, including the Dniester ( ukr. Дністер) with a length of 1352 km, which flows into the Black Sea. The Western Bug (Буг) also flows through the oblast with a length of 722 km. The Bug forms the border with Poland further north. Other rivers are the Styr , San and Stryj . The highest mountain in the oblast is Pikuj , 1408 m high on the northern edge of the Carpathian Forest, on the border with the Transcarpathian Oblast .
Administrative division
The Lviv Oblast is administratively divided into 20 Rajons and 9 cities directly under the Oblast administration. These are the cities of Boryslav , Drohobych , Morshyn , Novyj Rosdil , Sambir , Stryj , Truskavets , Chervonohrad and the eponymous administrative center of the oblast, the city of Lviv .
Lviv Oblast Rajons and their administrative centers
Biggest cities
city | Ukrainian name | Russian name | Resident January 1, 2006 |
---|---|---|---|
Lviv | Львів | Львов | 734.884 |
Drohobych | Дрогобич | Дрогобыч | 78,576 |
Chervonohrad | Червоноград | Червоноград | 69,086 |
Stryj | Стрий | Стрый | 61.157 |
Boryslaw | Борислав | Борислав | 36,544 |
Sambir | Самбір | Самбор | 35.205 |
Truskavets | Трускавець | Трускавец | 30,270 |
Novyj Rosdil | Новий Розділ | Новый Роздол | 27,613 |
Novoyavorivsk | Новояворівськ | Новояворовск | 27,295 |
Brody | Броди | Броды | 23,521 |
Zolochiv | Золочів | Золочев | 23,484 |
Sokal | Сокаль | Сокаль | 21,458 |
Stebnyk | Стебник | Стебник | 21,056 |
Horodok | Городок | Городок | 15,595 |
Mykolaiv | Миколаїв | Николаев | 14,616 |
Wynnyky | Винники | Винники | 14,377 |
Shovkva | Жовква | Жовква | 13,330 |
Yes, yes | Яворів | Яворов | 12,957 |
Sosnivka | Соснівка | Сосновка | 11,692 |
Zhydachiv | Жидачів | Chidachov | 11,435 |
Kamyanka buska | Камьянка-Бузька | Каменка-Бугская | 11,228 |
Chodoriv | Ходорів | Ходоров | 10,231 |
Demographics
year | 1989 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | 2001 | 2005 | 2008 | 2012 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | 2,747,700 | 2,754,100 | 2,770,300 | 2,717,700 | 2,651,600 | 2,588,041 | 2,559,779 | 2,540,938 | 2,538,400 |
nationality | Residents | 1989 (%) | 2001 (%) | Change (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ukrainians | 2,471,000 | 90.4 | 94.8 | + 0.3% |
Russians | 92,600 | 7.2 | 3.6 | −52.6% |
Poland | 18,900 | 1.0 | 0.7 | −29.5% |
Belarusians | 5,400 | 0.4 | 0.2 | −49.6% |
native language | 1989 (%) | 2001 (%) |
---|---|---|
Ukrainian | 90.1 | 95.3 |
Russian | 8.8 | 3.8 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
- ↑ Указ Президиума ВС СССР от December 4, 1939 об образовании Волынской, Дрогобычской, Львобычской, Львобычской, Львобычской, Львобычской, Львовской, Львовской… Львовской
- ↑ http://www.history.org.ua/index.php?current_day=10¤t_manth=1&flag=1
- ↑ ukase of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 17.01.1940 "Про утворення районів в складі Волинської, Дрогобичської, Львівської, Ровненської, Станіславської і Тарнопольської областей УРСР"
- ↑ http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/
- ↑ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
- ↑ http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/
- ↑ http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/Lviv/