History of Lviv Oblast

Sambir (, ; , ; ) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sambir Raion (district) and is located close to the border with Poland. Sambir hosts the administration of Sambir urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is or 35,186 (2025 estimate).

historic term used since the Middle Ages for southeastern Poland and Western Ukraine

1915 battle

1917 Last Russian offensive of WW1

former voivodeship of Poland

(1941-1944)

village in Ukraine

historical region in eastern Poland

Ukrainian Oblast

largest peaceful territorial exchange in history

mid-air collision

synagogue in Zhovkva, Ukraine

former synagogue in Brody, Ukraine

1655 battle of the Russo-Polish War

1944 massacre of Poles by Ukrainian Nazi collaborators

massacre by Ukrainian Insurgent Army

1944 killing of Poles during World War II

world War I battle