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30-709: Holovatsky was born in Chepeli , to a family of a priest Fedir Holovatsky (Hlavatsky) whose heritage takes roots in the city of Mykolaiv (today in Lviv Oblast ). Ivan Holovatsky, grandfather of Yakiv, was a szlachtycz of the Polish Prus coat of arms family and burg-minister of Mykolaiv . Yakiv's mother Fekla Yakymovych also was from the family of a priest in Tur , Zloczow powiat . He received his education in Lviv, where he later enrolled in

60-402: A Russophile attitude in the 1850s. Dismissed from the university for his views, in 1867 he moved to Russian-ruled Vilno ( Vilnius ) to head the archaeographic commission there. The most important work among his ethnographic and literary studies was Narodnye pesni Galitskoi i Ugorskoi Rusi (Folk Songs of Galician and Hungarian Ruthenia, 4 vv, 1878). This Ukrainian biographical article

90-550: A high death rate. Following the end of World War II , the region remained in Soviet hands as was arranged in the Tehran and Yalta conferences. Most local Poles were expelled and Ukrainians expelled from Poland arrived. As a result of the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange the area of Belz passed from Poland to the Lviv Oblast, whereas the area of Ustrzyki Dolne passed from

120-423: A well-preserved main square (Rynok) and numerous historical churches. Other sites of interest are the historic Lychakiv Cemetery , the local museum of folklore, and the ruins of the famous Vysokyi Zamok . The name of the castle is closely tied to the name of the city. There is also a museum of military artifacts, the " Arsenal ". Well-preserved local wooden churches, castles, and monasteries can be found throughout

150-578: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chepeli Chepeli ( Ukrainian : Чепелі ) is a village ( selo ) in Zolochiv Raion , Lviv Oblast , in western Ukraine . It belongs to Pidkamin settlement hromada , one of the hromadas of Ukraine. From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Tarnopol Voivodeship in Poland . Until 18 July 2020, Chepeli belonged to Brody Raion . The raion

180-406: Is also notable for having declared independence from the central government led by Viktor Yanukovych who started to use active military force against protestors. During Ukraine's decommunization process that accelerated after 2014, Lviv Oblast became the first region of Ukraine to remove all its Soviet-era monuments by January 2024. The terrain of Lviv Oblast is highly varied. The southern part

210-466: Is an oblast in western Ukraine . The capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv . The current population is 2,478,133 (2022 estimate). The region is named after the city of Lviv which was founded by Daniel of Galicia , the King of Galicia , in the 13th century, where it became the capital of Galicia-Volhynia . Daniel named the city after his son, Leo . During this time, the general region around Lviv

240-531: Is occupied by the low Beskids mountain chains running parallel to each other from northwest to southeast and covered with secondary coniferous forests as part of the Eastern Carpathians ; the highest point is Pikui (1408 m). North from there are the wide upper Dniester river valley and much smaller upper San River valley. These rivers have flat bottoms covered with alluvial deposits, and are susceptible to floods . Between these valleys and Beskyd lies

270-450: Is the center of study for cereal pathogens including powdery mildew of barley . In the early 2000s the most active researchers here were Olga Vronska and G. Kosilovich at the IoA. Puccinia recondita , Erysiphe graminis , (syn. Blumeria graminis ) and various Pseudocercosporella spp. are present and are significant in winter wheat in this oblast. Two introduced banded land snails,

300-706: The Austro-Hungarian Empire (1772 to 1918), then the West Ukrainian People's Republic and Poland (1919 to 1939), when it was part of the Lwów Voivodeship of the Second Republic of Poland. The region's historically dominant Ukrainian population declared the area to be a part of an independent West Ukrainian National Republic in November 1918 — June 1919, but this endured only briefly. Local autonomy

330-597: The Drohobych Oblast to Poland. In 1959, Drohobych Oblast was incorporated into Lviv Oblast. Given its historical development, Lviv Oblast is one of the least Russified and Sovietized parts of Ukraine, with much of its Polish and Habsburg heritage still visible today. In Ukraine today, there are three provinces ( oblasts ) that formed the eastern part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria . Two of these, Lviv Oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast were entirely contained in

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360-615: The Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (circa 1200 to 1340; from 1246 under the suzerainty of the Golden Horde ), and then ruled by the Kingdom of Poland and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1340 to 1772). Apart from the Polish and Ruthenian population, there were sizeable Scottish and Armenian communities in Lviv and Brody during Polish rule. Following the First Partition of Poland it passed to

390-479: The Revolution of 1848 , he was appointed the first professor of Ruthenian ( Ukrainian ) philology and literature at Lviv University , where he lectured from 1848 to 1867. Holovatsky served as rector (rector magnificus) of the university from 1864 to 1866. When Austria began to support Galician Poles in political reaction, disillusioned and influenced by Mikhail Pogodin 's Pan-Slavist ideas, Holovatsky adopted

420-681: The Theological Seminary at the University of Lviv . As a student he traversed Galicia , Bukovina , and Transcarpathia collecting folk songs. In 1832, at Lviv University he formed the Ruthenian Triad ( Ruska Triitsia ) with Markiyan Shashkevych , and Ivan Vahylevych , and played an important role in the Ukrainian national revival in Galicia. The three published the first Halych almanac in

450-718: The Carpathians to 16–17 °C (61–63 °F) in Roztochchia and 19 °C (66 °F) in the lower part of the Dniester valley. The average annual precipitation is 600–650 mm (23.62–25.59  in ) in the lowlands, 650–750 mm (25.59–29.53 in) in the highlands and up to 1,000 mm (39.37 in) in the Carpathians, with the majority of precipitation occurring in summer. Prolonged droughts are uncommon, while strong rainfalls can cause floods in river valleys. Severe winds during storms can also cause damage, especially in

480-629: The Oblast. One of them is the Olesko Castle which is first recorded in 1327. Another castle that was built at the end of the 15th century is Svirzh Castle in the village of Svirzh. One more and no less famous castle is the Pidhirtsi Castle . Its architectural complex consists of the three-story palace, Kostel, and small park. In Roztochia is also located the Krekhivsky monastery in the beech-pine grove at

510-507: The Precarpathian upland covered with deciduous forests, with well-known mineral spa resorts (see Truskavets , Morshyn ). It's also the area of one of the earliest industrial petroleum and gas extraction. These deposits are all but depleted by now. In the central part of the region lie Roztochchia , Opillia , and part of the Podolia uplands. Rich sulphur deposits were mined here during

540-494: The Soviet era. Roztocze is densely forested, while Opillia and Podolia (being covered with loess on which fertile soils develop) are densely populated and mostly covered by arable land. In the central-north part of the region lies the Small Polesia lowland, geographically isolated from the rest of Polesia but with similar terrain and landscapes (flat plains with sandy fluvioglacial deposits and pine forests). The far North of

570-455: The area in 1941, including at Lviv , Sambir and Dobromyl . It was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944 following the start of Operation Barbarossa , where most of the local Jewish population were killed. The Germans also established several prisoner-of-war camps with multuple forced labour subcamps in the region for Soviet , French and Belgian POWs, who were subjected to beatings, hunger, epidemics and executions, resulting in

600-654: The city raions of the city of Lviv. Fifty-nine percent of the religious organisations active in the Lviv Oblast adhere to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church . The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is the second largest religious body. The followers of the Latin Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) are mostly from the Polish, and Russian or non-Galician Ukrainian minorities respectively. The city of Lviv contains

630-707: The foot of the Pobiina mount. The whole complex consists of the Saint Nicholas Church, the bell tower, numerous service structures, and defensive walls with towers. Another site worth of mentioning is the Tustan city-fortress which is built in the rock. The site was nominated as the historical and as the natural wonder of Ukraine. There also a nature complex in the valley of the Kamianka river in Stryi Raion. Another natural wonder of

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660-486: The highlands. The climate is favourable for the cultivation of sugar beets , winter wheat , flax , rye , cabbage , apples , and for dairy farming . It is still too cold to successfully cultivate maize , sunflower , grapes , melon , watermelon or peaches in Lviv Oblast. In the Carpathians conditions are favourable for Alpine skiing 3–4 months a year. Until the big district reform on July 18, 2020, Lviv Oblast

690-455: The kingdom; the third oblast of Ternopil was mainly in the kingdom apart from four of its most northerly counties (raions). The counties of the Kingdom of Galicia remained largely unchanged when they were incorporated into successor states; with minor changes as detailed below, the current counties are almost co-extensive with those of the Kingdom. During the 2014 Euromaidan protests, the region

720-679: The region is the Kamin-Veleten ( Rock-Giant in English ) which is located near city of Pidkamin in Zolochiv Raion . The name of the local city means Under the Rock . A local museum of Ukrainian art and an institution of higher learning (Ivan Franko State University) are also present. The most important research into cereal epidemics in the country is undertaken here. The National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine 's Institute of Agriculture in Obroshino

750-506: The region lies on the Volhynia upland, which is also covered with loess ; coal is mined in this area. The climate of Lviv Oblast is moderately cool and humid. The average January temperatures range from −7 °C (19  °F ) in the Carpathians to −3 °C (27 °F) in the Dniester and San River valleys while in July the average temperatures are from 14–15 °C (57–59  °F ) in

780-523: The vernacular language, Rusalka Dnistrovaia (The Dniester Nymph, 1836), with included several of Holovatsky's poems. In 1946–47 he published Vinok rusynam na obzhynky (A Garland for Ruthenians at the Harvest Feast), an anthology of 20 Serbian songs in Ukrainian translation. In 1842 he became a Greek Catholic priest and later received an appointment to the village of Mykytyntsi near Kolomyia . Due to

810-674: Was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Brody Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion. 49°52′48″N 25°1′12″E  /  49.88000°N 25.02000°E  / 49.88000; 25.02000 This article about a location in Lviv Oblast is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( Ukrainian : Львівська область , romanized :  Lvivska oblast , IPA: [ˈlʲwiu̯sʲkɐ ˈɔblɐsʲtʲ] ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (Ukrainian: Львівщина , IPA: [ˈlʲwiu̯ʃtʃɪnɐ] ),

840-414: Was administratively subdivided into 20 raions ( districts ), as well as 9 city ( municipalities ) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Boryslav , Chervonohrad , Drohobych , Morshyn , Novyi Rozdil , Sambir , Stryi , Truskavets , and the administrative center of the oblast, Lviv . On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to seven. These are: In addition, there are

870-607: Was known as Galicia-Volhynia - one of the strongest and most stable kingdoms in Eastern Europe of that time. The oblast strategic position at the heart of central Europe and as the gateway to the Carpathians has caused it to change hands many times over the centuries. In the Early Middle Ages , the territory was inhabited by the Lendians , an old Polish tribe . It was ruled variously by Great Moravia , Poland , Kievan Rus' ,

900-616: Was provided in international treaties but later on those were not honoured by the Polish government and the area experienced much ethnic tension between the Polish and Ukrainian population. The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 4 December 1939 following the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland and annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia . Several NKVD prisoner massacres were committed in

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