Red Corner: Undiscovered Lvov

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3-14-2006 @ 6:38AM

mat said...

i'm mat schulz, the author of that story about lviv, and when i was writing it i was also wondering whether to call the city lvov or lviv.
the city is called lviv in ukrainian pronounciation - and is how it's officially known in ukraine.
in poland, they call it lvov (or, actually, lwow). ukraine was once part of poland, poles ruled the country, so ukrainians don't really like that version of the name being used. i think that maybe the russian version of the name is also lvov.
the point is that asking how the city should be named taps into all sorts of historical and political questions. ukraine is now an independent country - and they want the city to be called lviv.

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