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Ukrainian-occupied Eastern Poland [135]
1) Lwow had not been founded by Poles.
2) From the end of 18-th century after partition of Poland and till 1918 Lwow beared
the name of Lemberg and was part Austro-Hungarian Empire.Austrian emperor
France Joseph wore Ukrainian national shirt under his cloth according to some sorces
and mastered Ukrainian to the point he was able to write poetry in Ukrainian.Once he
wanted to become a Bukovina king to joy of Ukrainians.Ukrainian soldier liked Austrian
king and called him ``our king``.Return Lwow to Poland and not to Austria?
I`m not going to argue if Lwow was predominantly Polish-speaking or not, though I`m
not sure that ethnical Poles constituted magority of popualation there in the last centuries.
Well,maybe Israel will claim Lwow too?..
Galicia–Volhynia Wars
During the wars over the succession of Galicia-Volhynia Principality in 1339 King Casimir III of Poland undertook an expedition and conquered Lviv in 1340, burning down the old princely castle.[10] Poland ultimately gained control over Lviv and the adjacent region in 1349. From then on the population was subjected to attempts to both Polonize and Catholicize the population.[17]
When in 1387 Władysław retreated from the post of its governor, Galicia-Volhynia became occupied by the Hungarians, but soon Jadwiga, the youngest daughter of Louis, but also ruler of Poland and wife of King of Poland Władysław II Jagiełło, unified it directly with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.[10]
