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gins - can be traced back to 'lion', and the city has always taken the big cat as its sym-
bol.
Lviv had another set of unwelcome occupiers who also called the place Lemberg - the
Nazis. They invaded in 1941 and weren't driven back by the Soviets until 1944. During
these three years, 136,000 people are reported to have died in Lviv's Jewish ghetto and
nearly 350,000 in nearby concentration camps.
The Galician capital played a major role in the movement that led to Ukrainian inde-
pendence in 1991. Ukrainian nationalism and the Greek Catholic Church re-emerged
here in the late 1980s, and in the early 1990s its people unanimously elected nationalist
politicians and staged mass demonstrations. Today it still has its eyes focused firmly on
Europe and has been a stronghold for Western -oriented politicians.
Lviv
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Lychakivske Cemetery
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