Lviv: History, Former Names & Timeline
Named by King Danylo of Galicia-Volhynia after his son Lev; a multi-ethnic trading city.
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Former names of Lviv
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1256 | Lviv / Lwów / Lemberg |
Timeline of Lviv
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1256 | First mentioned in the chronicles |
| 1349 | Casimir III annexes it to Poland |
| 1772 | Goes to Austria as Lemberg after the First Partition of Poland |
| 1939 | Annexed by the Soviet Union |
Who ruled Lviv
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–199 | Bell-shaped burials culture |
| 200–399 | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400–499 | Gepids |
| 500–699 | Unclaimed / no data |
| 700–799 | Proto-Slavs |
| 800–899 | Slavonic tribes |
| 900–999 | Slavic tribes |
| 1000–1099 | Poland |
| 1100–1199 | Kievan Rus' |
| 1200–1299 | Principality of Galicia-Volhynia |
| 1300–1399 | Ryazan |
| 1400–1649 | Poland-Lithuania |
| 1650–1782 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| 1783–1879 | Austrian Empire |
| 1880–1913 | Austria Hungary |
| 1914–1919 | Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| 1920–1944 | Poland |
| 1945–1993 | USSR |
| 1994–today | Ukraine |