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  2. Lviv - Wikipedia

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    The Floriański brothers' plane was the first Polish-made aircraft. On 5 November 1918, a crew consisting of Stefan Bastyr and Janusz de Beaurain carried out the first-ever flight under the Polish flag taking off from Lviv's Lewandówka (now Ukrainian: Levandivka) airport. [194]

  3. History of Lviv - Wikipedia

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    The old town of Lviv. Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів ⓘ, L’viv; Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg or Leopoldstadt [citation needed] (archaic); Yiddish: לעמבערג; Russian: Львов, romanized: Lvov, see also other names) is an administrative center in western Ukraine with more than a millennium of history as a settlement, and over seven centuries as a city.

  4. List of Ukrainian flags - Wikipedia

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    President of Ukraine. Flag of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Navy. Ukrainian Minister of Defence flag at sea. January 19, 1999 – Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag. Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag. Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag. Ukrainian Navy Commander of Ship Group flag.

  5. Ruthenian lion - Wikipedia

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    Flag of the Ruthenian Guard. During the Revolution in the Austrian Empire in 1848, the Supreme Ruthenian Council was established in Lviv. In May, she issued a manifesto to the Ruthenian (Ukrainian) population of the region and chose the Ruthenian lion as a symbol of the national liberation movement. The manifesto stated: [10]

  6. Lwów Eaglets - Wikipedia

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    Lwów Eaglets; Defenders of the Cemetery, painting by Wojciech Kossak, 1926, oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, Polish Army Museum, Warsaw. Lwów Eaglets (Polish: Orlęta lwowskie) is a term of affection that is applied to the Polish child soldiers who defended the city of Lwów (Ukrainian: L'viv), in Eastern Galicia, during the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918–1919).

  7. Lviv in Polish - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] The series was originally written in Ukrainian and has been translated into Polish. Lviv (Polish: Lwów) was part of Polish territory until 1946, when it was ceded to Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the Second World War. The vast majority of its Polish population was expelled from the city in post-war population ...

  8. Fact-check: Was Ukrainian flag replaced with Soviet Union ...

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    A series of photos shared on social media of Ukrainian flag being replaced with Soviet Union flag are from 2015, not 2022.

  9. Flag of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Brief history of the flag Archived 18 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine at the Science Library of Franko National University (Lviv). "About Ukrainian flag". Statement of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Ukraine. 18 September 1991. "About the State Flag of Ukraine". State of the Supreme Council of Ukraine. 28 January 1992.