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Lviv
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L'viv or Lviv  (l-vv, l-vw) or L'vov or Lvov (l-vôv, -vôf)
A city of west-central Ukraine near the Polish border. Founded in 1256, it was captured by Poland in 1340, passed to Austria in 1772, and was retaken by Poland in 1918. The city was ceded to the USSR in 1945. Population: 734,000.
Lviv [lvif]
n
(Placename) an industrial city in the W Ukraine: it has belonged to Poland (1340-1772; 1919-39), Austria (1772-1918), Germany (1939-45), and the Soviet Union (1945-91); Ukrainian cultural centre, with a university (1661). Pop.: 793 700 (1998 est.) Russian name Lviv Polish name Lwów German name Lemberg
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The Justice Department said in a statement that it had begun expulsion proceedings against John Kalymon, 88 -- formerly Iwan Kalymon -- of Troy, Michigan, for "violent acts of persecution" against Jews while serving with the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (UAP) in occupied Lviv, Ukraine.
US begins expulsion proceedings against Nazi collaborator by AFP / AFP American Edition
He told the border guards the animals had been delivered to him by a stranger in Warsaw and were to be handed over to someone at the final destination in Lviv, Ukraine.
Anything to declare? Kangaroos stopped at Polish border by AFP / AFP Global Edition
In 1920, Vladimir set up production in Istanbul and four years later began distilling in Lviv, Ukraine, when he began using the name Smirnoff.
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