Lviv, capital of L'viv Oblast, Ukraine. The city is an important transportation and industrial center; manufactures include electronic equipment, motor vehicles, agricultural machinery, chemicals, textiles, and processed food.
Interesting facts from Lviv history
1749 - publishing of several issues of the first in Ukraine newspaper Kurier Lwowski .
1776 - the first in Ukraine permanently acting city theatre was established in Lviv.
1850 - according to the decree of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph the Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry was created, which was on of the first in Ukraine.
1858 - the first in Ukraine gas lightening of streets was arranged in Lviv.
1861 - the first Ukrainian railway was built, which connected Lviv with Peremyszl.
1894 - the first in Ukrainian history football match took place in Lviv between Lviv and Krakow teams.
1956 - Lviv Bus Factory started to produce first buses in Ukraine.
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