Staryi Sambir

• Name — Staryi Sambir • Native Name — Старий Самбір • Settlement Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Oblast • Subdivision Name1 — Lviv Oblast • Subdivision Type2 — Raion • Subdivision Name2 — Sambir Raion • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Date — 1378 • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 6440 • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Website — https: sts-gromada.gov.ua/. • Subdivision Type3 — Hromada • Subdivision Name3 — Staryi Sambir urban hromada

• Illustration — Market Square and the Town Hall, 1903 The exact date of establishment of the town is not known. Sambir, known in Polish as Sambor, was for the first time mentioned in documents in 1378. At that time, it was a private town of the noble Herburt family, part of Przemysl Land, Ruthenian Voivodeship, Kingdom of Poland. In 1501, a Roman Catholic church was opened here, and in 1553, Sambir received a town charter. In 1668, a town hall was built here, and in the early 18th century, the local church was remodelled. Until 1772 (see Partitions of Poland), Sambir belonged to Przemysl Land, Ruthenian Voivodeship. From 1772 until late 1918, Sambir belonged to Austrian Galicia. In 1880, its population was 3,482, with 1,399 Greek-Catholics, 704 Roman Catholics, and 1,377 Jews. During the Polish-Ukrainian War, Sambir was seized by the Poles whose possession of the town was confirmed in the Peace of Riga. According to the 1921 census, the town had a population of 4,314, with 1,534 Jews. In the Second Polish Republic, it was the seat of a county in Lwow Voivodeship (until 1932). After the 1939 invasion of Poland, the town was annexed into the Soviet Union. Its Jewish residents were murdered in the Holocaust. In the immediate postwar period, the remaining ethnic Poles were expelled. Most of them settled in the Recovered Territories. Ukrainians were resettled following Operation Vistula. Until 18 July 2020, Staryi Sambir served as the administrative center of Staryi Sambir Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Staryi Sambir Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.

• Sebastian Engelberg (1899-1979), Polish-American singer and voice teacher • Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz (1823–1887), Polish politician and lawyer • Maria Jarema (1908–1958), Polish painter and sculptor • Anda Meisels Rosen, Holocaust Survivor and author of "Middle Andzia"

• Illustration — Local administration building • Illustration — Dniester River near Staryi Sambir • Illustration — Dniester River bridge • Illustration — Jewish cemetery • Illustration — A view of Staryi Sambir with the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas • Illustration — Old house • Illustration — Catholic Church of St. Nicholas • Illustration — Staryi Sambir Synagogue • Illustration — Clinic • Illustration — Premises of the editorial office of a newspaper • Illustration — Monument to Stepan Bandera • Illustration — Wind turbines near the city