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
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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).

Overview map of the new western regions of Ukraine since 1939

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.

Lviv Oblast in 1958

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

Nationwide shares of the Swoboda party

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

Major rivers in the oblast

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

Map showing the Rajons of the Oblast

Lviv Oblast Rajons
German name	Ukrainian name	Administrative center
Brody Raion	Бродівський район Brodiwskyj rajon	Brody (city)
Busk district	Буський район Buskyj rajon	Busk (city)
Drohobych district	Дрогобицький район Drohobyzkyj rajon	Drohobych (city)
Horodok district	Городоцький район Horodozkyj rajon	Horodok (city)
Kamyanka-Buska district	Кам'янка-Бузький район Kamjanka-Buskyj rajon	Kamjanka-Buska (city)
Mostyska district	Мостиський район Mostyskyj rajon	Mostyska (city)
Mykolaiv Raion	Миколаївський район Mykolaivskyj rajon	Mykolaiv (city)
Peremyshlyany district	Перемишлянський район Peremyschljanskyj rajon	Peremyschljany (city)
Pustomyty Raion	Пустомитівський район Pustomytiwskyj rajon	Pustomyty (city)
Radechiv Raion	Радехівський район Radechiwskyj rajon	Radechiw (city)
Sambir district	Самбірський район Sambirskyj rajon	Sambir (city)
Skole district	Сколівський район Skoliwskyj rajon	Skole (city)
Sokal district	Сокальський район Sokalskyj rajon	Sokal (city)
Staryj Sambir district	Старосамбірський район Starosambirskyj rajon	Staryj Sambir (city)
Stryi district	Стрийський район Stryjskyj rajon	Stryj (city)
Turka district	Турківський район Turkivskyj rajon	Turka (city)
Javoriv Raion	Яворівський район Jaworiwskyj rajon	Jaworiw (city)
Zhovkva district	Жовківський район Zhovkivskyj rajon	Shovkva (city)
Zhydachiv Raion	Жидачівський район Zhydachivskyj rajon	Zhydachiv (city)
Zolochiv Raion	Золочівський район Zolochivskyj rajon	Zolochiv (city)

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

Number of inhabitants

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

Commons : Lviv Oblast  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
2. ↑ Указ Президиума ВС СССР от December 4, 1939 об образовании Волынской, Дрогобычской, Львобычской, Львобычской, Львобычской, Львобычской, Львовской, Львовской… Львовской
3. ↑ http://www.history.org.ua/index.php?current_day=10¤t_manth=1&flag=1
4. ↑ 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"
5. ↑ http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/
6. ↑ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
7. ↑ http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/
8. ↑ http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/Lviv/