the city now known as the ukrainian lviv () was before the breakdown of the austro-hungarian empire known as lemberg, the capital of one of the habsburg dominions, namely the kingdom of galicia and lodomeria. poles were the prevailing ethnic group in the province overall, but in the eastern galician territories ukrainians were a majority (65%), and poles a significant minority (22%) dominating the cities along with jews. in lemberg, according to the austrian census of 1910, 51% of the city's population were roman catholics, 28% jews, and 19% ukrainian greek catholics. 86% of the city's population spoke polish and 11% ukrainian.