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'''Ivano-Frankivs'k''' ([[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: ''Станиславів'' until [[1962]], [[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Iwano-Frankowsk'', formerly ''Stanisławów'') is a city in [[Ukraine]], center of the [[Ivano-Frankivs'k region]] in the west of the country. Population 204,200 (2004).

The city was erected as a fortress to protect the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] from [[Tatars|Tatar]] invasions and has also successfully withstood attacks by [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] and [[Imperial Russia|Russian]] forces. Extensively rebuilt during the [[renaissanceRenaissance]], it was sometimes called ''littleLittle [[Leopolis]]''. The city was also an important center of [[Armenian]] culture in Poland. After the [[Partitions of Poland]] it became a part of [[Austrian Empire]] and successively of the autonomous [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria]]. In [[1919]] it was a subject of [[Poland|Polish]] -- [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] skirmishes and eventually became a part of the [[Second Polish Republic]] as the capital of the [[Stanislawow Voivodship]]. In [[1939]] conquered by the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] and annexed to the [[Ukrainian SSR]]. In [[1962]] the name changed to honor the famous Ukrainian writer [[Ivan Franko]]. In the early [[1990s]] the city was a strong center of the Ukrainian independence movement.

After the [[Partitions of Poland]] it became a part of [[Austrian Empire]] and successively of the autonomous [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria]]. In [[1919]] it was a subject of [[Poland|Polish]]–[[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] skirmishes and eventually became a part of the [[Second Polish Republic]] as the capital of the [[Stanislawow Voivodship]]. In [[1939]] it was conquered by the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] and annexed to the [[Ukrainian SSR]].

==Census 1931 results==

In [[1962]] the name changed to honor the famous Ukrainian writer [[Ivan Franko]]. In the early [[1990s]] the city was a strong center of the Ukrainian independence movement.

==Census 1931 resultscensus ==

*Total 198,359

**Poles: 120,214 (60.6%)

**Ukrainians 49,032 (24.7%)

**Jews 26,996 (13.6%)

*Total 198,359

**Poles: 120,214 60.6%

**Ukrainians 49,032 24.7%

**Jews 26,996 13.6%

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