Space marking

At the time of mass politics, when the suffrage covered an ever-increasing share of the population, city squares, spaces and objects available there were attributed a new function. They became a place for regular meetings and demonstrations. Most of the marches ended near the City Theater or the monument to Adam Mickiewicz, rallies were often organized there. In contrast to the "good old" times, when one could celebrate in the church and at the Strzelnica (Shooting Range), mass politics brought people to the streets, without confining them to institutions or clubs.

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Space marking

Mass politics influenced not only using the city’s space but also building it. Lviv was considered the capital of a crown land and, in addition, the capital of two national projects, so it should have appropriate buildings and monuments, while streets should have the correct names.
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Funeral of Volodymyr Barvinskyi (1883)

Volodymyr Barvinskyi was an ideologue of the populist movement, a writer and the founder and editor of the "Dilo" newspaper. His death and funeral in 1883 marked the beginning of the formation of the Ukrainian national pantheon at the Lychakivsky cemetery.
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The opening of the City theatre

The new city theater (today, the Solomiya Krushelnytska Opera and Ballet Theater) was ceremonially opened on October 4, 1900. This opening became one of the major events in the city, a testimony to the maturity of the city community that managed to fund and hold such a construction.