My family is from Lviv. Thanks for posting.
Posted on 05/16/2006 9:38:48 AM PDT by lizol
Like when it was a polish city? I have been to Lvov - beautiful!
Lvov and let lviv.....
Nope - was a polish city until annexed to the USSR in 1939 (under the Nazi-Soviet Pact).
OK, misundertood you.
I spent a lot of time in Ukraine and Russia, and because of circumstances, was "cut off" from the real world, buried there in stark, bleak, monotonous, tedious, dull, grey eastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia.
After about a year, I finally got to Lvov, Lviv, whatever, and I practically got down on my knees and kissed the ground; I was in Europe again, in civilization.
I still think that part of Poland that was stolen in 1941 should be given back to Poland, and we could reimburse the Ukrainians by giving them a chunk of Russia.
The way I understand it, the region has gone back and forth between various countries over the centuries. My Great-Uncle fought for Austria-Hungary.
Tried to go in the early 80's but my father would not let me because of the communists. I understand it is beautiful.
Excellent. Thank you.
Yeah, Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lwiw, whatever, is indeed a beautiful city.
When I was there, there was a scandal because one of the "ex"-Communists, a leader of the city, had a medieval cobble-stoned street torn up so he could build a castle-like mansion for himself with the stones.
That was a "thing" about the crimina--er, the "ex"-Communists in the former Soviet Union; they were infatuated, absolutely infatuated, with medieval-castle architecture.
This was in 1993-1994-1995-1996; I was so isolated that it was not until April 1995, for example, that I learned the Republicans had gained control of Congress (November 1994) and that Nebraska had won the national championship in college football (January 1995).
Thanks for posting the Lviv article. Although I have minimal interest in European tourism, I found the article to be a model of travel writing. It makes one see, makes one interested, and flows along effortlessly.
Thanks for the pictures.
My family has roots in Lwow going back to the 1580's. Hope to make a trip through there someday.
There are some videos of Lviv and surrounding areas on youtube:
http://youtube.com/results?search=lviv&search_type=search_videos&search=Search
OK! Got it!!!!
Thanks!!!
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