Lviv Oblast, also referred to as Lvivshchyna, is an oblast in western Ukraine. The capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is 2,478,133.
Drohobych is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 1939–1941 and 1944–1959 it was the center of Drohobych Oblast.
The Boykos, or simply Highlanders, are an ethnolinguistic sub-group of Rusyns, located in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland. Within Ukraine, the Boykos and other Rusyns are seen as a sub-group of ethnic Ukrainians. Along with the neighboring Lemkos and Hutsuls, the Boykos speak a dialect of the Ukrainian or Rusyn language, depending on their location. Boykos differ from their neighbors in dialect, dress, folk architecture, and customs.
Yuriy Drohobych or Yuriy Kotermak was a Ruthenian philosopher, astronomer, writer, medical doctor, rector of the University of Bologna, and professor of Kraków Academy, and the first publisher of a Church Slavonic printed text. He is the author of Iudicium Pronosticon Anni 1483 Currentis.
The Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia (Kyiv–Halych) is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It was erected on 21 August 2005 with the approval of Pope Benedict XVI. There are other territories of the Church that are not located in Ukraine. The cathedral church — the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ — is situated in the city of Kyiv. The metropolitan bishop is — ex officio — the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The incumbent major archbishop is Sviatoslav Shevchuk.
The Archeparchy of Lviv is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It was erected in 1807. As a metropolitan see, it has three suffragan sees: Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych, and Sokal–Zhovkva. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop is Ihor Vozniak. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is St. George's in the city of Lviv.
The Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum of Lviv is one of Ukraine's largest museums, dedicated to Ukrainian culture in all its manifestations. It was established by Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky in 1905 and was originally known as the Lwow Ecclesiastical Museum. It currently bears Sheptytsky's name.
Selets is a village about 13.5 kilometers southeast of Sambir within Drohobych Raion of Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Drohobych urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village was founded probably in the 15th century CE.
St. George's Church in Drohobych is one of the oldest and best preserved timber churches of Galicia. The church is a monument of Galician wooden architecture of the late 15th – early 16th centuries, one of the best preserved and one of the best monuments of ancient Ukrainian sacral architecture. Built in the 15th century, it has been rebuilt several times and given the final architectural forms by the talented Ukrainian architect Hryhoriy Tesla from Drohobych. The church is part of the wooden architecture department of the Museum of Drohobych region.
St. Nicholas's Church is the centerpiece of the Lviv Museum of Folk Architecture and Culture, better known as Shevchenkivskyi Hay. It is also part of the Lavra of Saint John of the Ukrainian Studite Monks. This traditional tripartite timber church, encircled by a wooden fence, was transferred in 1930 to Lviv from Kryvka village, now in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast. It was originally built by Boiko carpenters in 1763. During the First World War the church was damaged by a shell that pierced the upper gallery.
Taisia Kirillovna Afonina was a Ukrainian and Russian painter and watercolorist. She lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, and is regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
The Art Museum of Prykarpattia, originally the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Art Museum is a regional art museum located at 8 Maidan Andrey Sheptytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, in the former Church of Virgin Mary. It has one of the best collections of local religious art, and specializes in displaying works by local artists.
Jasef Alexandrovich Serebriany was a Soviet Russian painter and stage decorator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, well known for his portrait paintings.
Vladislav Leopoldovich Anisovich was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting. Mostly known for his portrait paintings.
Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church ,known as the Jesuit Church, is an historic church in Lviv, Ukraine, built in years 1610-1630.
Ivan Rutkovych, born c. 1650 in Bilyi Kamin, near Zolochiv, Lviv region, Ukraine, died after 1708, was a Ukrainian icon painter who worked mostly in Zhovkva and Univ.
Kulchytsi is a village (selo), which is located in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Ralivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Tustan was a Medieval cliff-side fortress-city and customs site of the 9th—16th centuries, an Old Rus cliff-side defensive complex. Its remains are located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, in the Skole district of the Lviv oblast, near the village of Urych, southwards from the town of Boryslav and to the southern-east from the village of Skhidnytsia. The unique monument of history, archeology, architecture, and nature is situated amidst the woods of Pidhorodtsi Forestry and is part of the Tustan Site Museum.
The Kochubey House or the Judge General Vasyl Kochubey House is a museum of the National Historical and Cultural Reserve “Hetman's Capital” in Baturyn in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
