Lviv

**Lviv** () is the capital city of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. 860,000 people live in Lviv. 88% of the people living there are Ukrainian, 8% are Russian, and 1% are Polish. An extra 200,000 people commute to Lviv every day for work.

During the city's history, it was ruled by many countries. When part of Poland it was called **Lwów** (pronounced and sometimes spelled _Lvov_). In German, it was known as **Lemberg**, that was part of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires and again under Nazi German occupation. From 1350 until 1772 it belonged to the Kingdom of Poland and from 1918 to 1939 to the Republic of Poland.

The mayor is Andriy Sadovyi (as of 2024).

## Pogrom

On 30 June 1941, the Wehrmacht German officers occupied Lviv, Ukraine. The German name for Lviv is Lemberg. Persecution of Jews began almost immediately, within just hours of the occupation, but ultimately a month later, a full-blown pogrom took place in Lviv. About 3000 to 7000 Jews were forced out of their homes, forced to do all sorts of forced labor, and were treated with great violence and also were humiliated and mocked greatly for the German officers' amusement and entertainment, in various forms. They were then sent in groups to newly-built Lwów Ghetto, and were forced to live in barracks, and used for forced labor, and then just mostly shot and killed there, in dug-up pits.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Lviv
- **translit lang1**: Ukrainian language, Ukrainian
- **translit lang1 type1**: Romanization of Ukrainian, National
- **translit lang1 info1**: Lviv
- **translit lang1 type2**: ALA-LC romanization, ALA-LC
- **translit lang1 info2**: L′viv
- **translit lang1 type3**: BGN/PCGN romanization, BGN/PCGN
- **translit lang1 info3**: L’viv
- **translit lang1 type4**: Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic, Scholarly
- **translit lang1 info4**: L′viv
- **settlement type**: City of regional significance (Ukraine), City of regional significance
- **motto**: _Semper fidelis_
- **image flag**: Lviv flag.svg
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Lviv.svg
- **image blank emblem**: Логотип Львова англійською.png
- **shield size**: 94px
- **mapsize**: 230px
- **map caption**: Location of Lviv in Ukraine
- **pushpin map**: Ukraine#Europe
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Oblast
- **subdivision type2**: City of regional significance (Ukraine), Municipality
- **subdivision name2**: Lviv
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Andriy Sadovyi
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1240–1247
- **established title2**: Magdeburg rights, Magdeburg law
- **established date2**: 1356
- **area total km2**: 182.01
- **population as of**: January 2024
- **population density km2**: 3,982
- **population blank1 title**: Demonym
- **population blank1**: List of Leopolitans, Leopolitan
- **timezone**: EET
- **utc offset**: +2
- **timezone dst**: EEST
- **utc offset dst**: +3
- **elevation m**: 296
- **postal code type**: Postal codes
- **area code**: +380 32(2)
- **blank name**: Vehicle registration plate, Licence plate
- **blank info**: BC (before 2004: ТА, ТВ, ТН, ТС)
- **blank1 name**: Twin towns and sister cities, Sister cities
- **blank1 info**: <small>Corning (city), New York, Corning, Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg, Grozny, Kraków, Lublin, Novi Sad, Przemyśl, Saint Petersburg, Whitstable, Winnipeg, Wolfsburg, Rochdale</small>