Ukraine's European Revolution?

[The Brain]

Negotiating with whom?

[Maximus]

Negotiating with whom?

Pravda is reporting that opposition leader Vitali Klitschko and others have re-entered negotiations with President Yanukovych, and there would be a temporary ceasefire where police officers would hold off on assaulting Maidan Square.

This is Ukrainian Pravda which apparently is somewhat reliable as opposed to Russian Pravda? At least it gets quoted quite a bit. DG and others may know more about that

[Barrister]

My guess is because it was a culturally Ukrainian city.  The Interwar Poles did not treat Galicia well either, and did not consider it their core territory, though in hindsight they turned out to be somewhat more benign masters than the Soviets.

Really? My understanding of the history of Lviv is not extensive, however, I thought that pre WWII it was primarily Polish. The Poles lost Lviv but gained german cities in the west.

No.  Majority of the population spoke Ukrainian.  Historically had Polish nobility.  IN fact L'viv has almost always been the cradle of Ukrainian culture and nationalism.

[Queequeg]

Are you sure about that?  I always thought that the city of Lvov itself had a majority German, Polish and Jewish population until WW2.

[Admiral Yi]

Languish 

[Queequeg]

From Wiki:

During Habsburg rule, Lviv became one of the most important Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish cultural centres. In Lviv, according to the Austrian census of 1910, which listed religion and language, 51% of the city's population were Roman Catholics, 28% Jews, and 19% belonged to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Linguistically, 86% of the city's population used the Polish language and 11% preferred the Ukrainian language.[26] At that time, Lviv was home to a number of renowned Polish - language institutions, such as:

Greek Catholics 

[Neil]

I don't think Putin it looking to physically extend Russia's borders.  They know how difficult that is to do since WWII.

With the exception of Israel, has that happened at all since WWII, disputed territories notwithstanding?

China and Tibet, the Vietnam War.

[DGuller]

These towns popping up in the news, are they generally located in the west, or spread out?

Generally in the West, but then there are cities like Sumy, that are as far east as you can go.

Hmm, scratch that.  Sumy may border Russia, but it's still on the periphery of the western block in all those infamous divided Ukraine maps.

[Admiral Yi]

 

[Barrister]

Are you sure about that?  I always thought that the city of Lvov itself had a majority German, Polish and Jewish population until WW2.

The fact you're calling it L'vov speaks volumes.

This is one of those issues I wouldn't really trust wiki on, for either side.

[Queequeg]

It was a famous cultural center for Poles and Jews.  And keep in mind I'm calling it L'vov not L'wow. 

[crazy canuck]

And you guys thought the Balkantards were crazy

[The Brain]

It's Lemberg FFS.

[Razgovory]

Are you sure about that?  I always thought that the city of Lvov itself had a majority German, Polish and Jewish population until WW2.

The fact you're calling it L'vov speaks volumes.

This is one of those issues I wouldn't really trust wiki on, for either side.

Lvov is how it appears on my old maps.

[DGuller]

It was a famous cultural center for Poles and Jews.  And keep in mind I'm calling it L'vov not L'wow.

You think that this is a less offensive implication?