Sambir

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Sambir
Самбір
Sambor
Coat of arms of Sambir
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°31′0″N 23°11′60″E / 49.51667, 23.2
Country Ukraine
Administrative Division Lviv Oblast
Population (2001)
 - Total 36,556

Sambir (Ukrainian: Самбір, Polish: Sambor; German: Altstadt in Galizien) is a city in the Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. Serving as the administrative center of the Sambirsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located at around 49°31′0″N, 23°11′60″E.

Main article: History of Sambir Ukraine

Beginning in the 12th century it was a part of the Kingdom of Halych-Volhynia. In the year 1374 it became part of Poland. It earned the Magdeburg rights of a city in 1390 and was owned by Spytek z Melsztyna.

Between the years of 1772 to 1918 it became part of the Polish lands that were partitioned by Austria-Hungary. In 1919 it became part of Poland again until its 1939 occupation by the Soviet Union. From 1941 to 1944 Nazi Germany occupied the town. After being retaken by the Soviets, it became a town in a Ukrainian SSR created by Stalin. It was home to Sambor air base during the Cold War. It has been part of Ukraine since 1991.

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Administrative center:  Lviv
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