Early History
Recent archaeological excavations show that the area of Lviv has been populated since at least the 5th century. From around the 8th century the area seems to be inhabited by a West Slavic tribe of Ledzane that in the 9th century were subdued by the Empire of Great Moravia. In the second half of the 9th century Ledzane could be included in the area of influence of the Magyar tribes. Then became an area of contention between two emerging states: Poland (during the reign of Mieszko I, ruler of the Polans) and the Kievan Rus. Mieszko is thought to have controlled the area from 960 to 980. According to Nestor's chronicle, in 981 this area was conquered by Volodymyr the Great, ruler of Kievan Rus.
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