Ukraine-Lviv (Beauty of Ukraine) Part 3

Welcome to my my channel you can find almost 1000 films of more than 70 countries. See the playlist on my youtube ! Ukraine/Lviv: Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів,) the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh largest city in the country overall, is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. Named in honor of the Leo, the eldest son of Rus’ King Daniel of Galicia. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (also called Kingdom of Rus’)from 1272 to 1349 when was conquered by King Casimir III the Great who then became known as the King of Poland and Rus’. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland, then renamed Lemberg in 1772 as the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918 in a short time was the capital of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic. Between the wars, the city was known as Lwów and was the centre of
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