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1848 opened in Lviv University. Y. Holovatsky
headed it.
October, 19 The first congress of people engaged in
1848 cultural and science life of Ukraine took
place – “The Assembly of Ruthenian
Scholars”. The congress members (119
people) supported the necessity of wide
implementation of the Ukrainian language
into cultural and educational life of Western
Ukraine. The Ukrainian language became the
language of instruction in people’s schools
and a subject in gymnasiums.
October, 25 The Supreme Ruthenian Council founded a
1848 cultural and educational society “Galician-
Ruthenian Mother” (”Halytsko-Ruska
Matytsya”) in Lviv. The members set it as a
goal to publish popular cheap books,
textbooks in Ukrainian. M. Kuzemsky, a
clergyman, became the first head of the
society.
November, 1-2 The armed uprising in Lviv. It was organized
1848 by a Polish democratic society. In response to
shooting at civil population by government
troops, workers and students built 23
barricaded in the streets of Lviv. Close fights
between troops and the rebels occurred, The
Polish, Ukrainians and Jews fought together.
On November, 2, government troops gunned
the city for 2.5 hours, about 650 shells were
used. There were 55 killed and 75 people
wounded. As a result, fires started, which
destroyed the university library of great value,
a theatre, a polytechnic academy, a city hall,

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