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Center for Urban History
6 Bohomoltsia Str. Lviv 79005, Ukraine

National demonstrations in reaction to external events

There were demonstrations caused by some current events, like spontaneous Polish rallies of protest against the separation of the Kholm/Chełm Land from the structure of the Kingdom of Poland. Such a manifestation of solidarity with the Poles living in the Russian Empire symbolically erased the existing borders and returned the former ones. Ukrainians, in their turn, protested during the visit of Prime Minister Koerber, who "offered Ruthenians and the whole region to the Poles to be profaned."

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November 1905 and the Patriotic Polish Youth

 November in Lviv was traditionally full of Polish national celebrations. It was in this month that the beginning of the November Uprising was celebrated and the anniversary of Adam Mickiewicz’s death was commemorated. The troubled year of 1905 was no exception.
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Demonstration over the Kholm/Chełm Land, clashes with the police, and the burning of a portrait of the Russian tsar (1912)

 In 1912, the Russian Duma decided to separate the Kholm/Chełm Land from the Kingdom of Poland and to turn it into a separate province. This decision led to mass riots in Lviv, protests against the tsarist policies, conflicts with the police during an attempt to break through to the building of the Russian consulate in Lviv, and the burning of portraits of the tsar and the heir to the Russian throne during a rally near the Adam Mickiewicz monument.