| Sambir Самбір |
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| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast | ||
| Raion | Sambir Raion | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| • Total | 36,556 | ||
| Postal code | 81400 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380-3236 | ||
Sambir (Ukrainian: Самбір, Polish: Sambor) is a city in the Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Sambir Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located at around , close to the border with Poland.
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The settlement called Pohonych was first mentioned in the 13th century, when it was destroyed by the Tatars. The inhabitants founded a new village, called New Sambir, about two kilometres from the old place. On 13 December 1390, the village was granted the Magdeburg rights, and was then owned by voivode Spytek of Melsztyn. On 5 June 1419 Polish King Władysław Jagiełło built there a wooden castle. In 1498, the city was destroyed by the Tatars, and because of that, King Jan I Olbracht released it from taxes. In 1637, the city partly burnt down, together with a local church. Famous Ukrainian cossacks - hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny and Yuriy Kulchytsky were born 7 km (4.35 mi) away from the city - in the village of Kulchytsi. Petro Sagaydachnyi played a major role in helping the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to win battle of Khotyn (1621), and led a big Cossack regiment in the war with Moscow.
In 1772, Sambir was annexed by the Austrian Empire (see: Partitions of Poland), and it remained part of that country until 1918, when the area of the city saw Polish - Ukrainian fights over Eastern Galicia. In 1919, Sambir, known in Polish as Sambor, it de jure became part of the Second Polish Republic, until its 1939 annexation by the Soviet Union (see Polish September Campaign). From 1941 to 1944 Nazi Germany occupied the town and in June 1943 declared it 'Judenrein'. After World War II, it was taken over by the Soviets, formally joining the Ukrainian SSR. It was home to Sambir air base during the Cold War. It has been part of independent Ukraine since 1991.
Sambir was home for number of famous Ukrainian writers, poets and actors: Hryhoriy Samborchyk Andriy Chaykovskyi Les Kurbas Filaret Klesa Ivan Fylypchak
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