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Lwów or L’viv?

Two Uprisings in 1918

Damian Markowski author Jerzy Giebułtowski translator Anna Wolff-Poweska editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:5th Mar '21

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In the Fall of 1918 it became clear the Polish-Ukrainian ethnic borderlands would become a battlefield for the two nations. Both wanted to incorporate the disputed territory.

On November 1st 1918, Ukrainian conspirators managed a successful military and political coup, taking control of Lviv with hardly any bloodshed. Several hours afterwards, Polish underground forces already began preparing a counterattack. A few days later, front lines stretched across the city. The fighting concluded on November 22nd with a Ukrainian retreat and an ethnic cleansing of the local Jewish population.

The events that took place in Lviv in November 1918 to this day remain at the epicenter of Polish-Ukrainian conflict. The book tackles the themes of this unrest and its symptoms, from the 1920s to present day.

ISBN: 9783631829721

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 686g

412 pages

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