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Ukraine, Lviv Oblast highlighted
The Lviv Oblast lies in the northwest of the Ukraine. It is surrounded by the oblasts Transcarpathia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Rivne and Volhynia. Northwestern neighbor is Poland.
Regions
The oblast belongs to the historical region Galicia.
places
- Lviv(German Lemberg) is the capital of the oblast.
- Brody
- Stryj
- Truskavets
- Rohatyn