Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian: Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, romanized: Ivano-Frankiwśk [iˈwɑno frɐnˈkiu̯sʲk] (listen)), formerly Stanyslaviv, (Polish: Stanisławów [staɲisˈwavuf], German: Stanislau) is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. Ivano-Frankivsk hosts the administration of Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada. Its population is 237,855 (2021 est.).Built in the mid-17th century as a fortress of the Polish Potocki family, Stanisławów was annexed to the Habsburg Empire during the First Partition of Poland in 1772, after which it became the property of the State within the Austrian Empire. The fortress was slowly transformed into one of the most prominent cities at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. After World War I, for several months, it served as a temporary capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic.