Socialistic birth and afterlife of the largest Lviv district of Sykhiv

In this article the formation features of the largest Lviv district of Sykhiv were reviewed. Main transformation processes of workers settlement, which was constructed near the industrial hub of Sykhiv in 70–80ies of the last century, and establishment of the large panel housing estate during the period of independent Ukraine were highlighted. In this regard, major factors that have effect on the formation of housing estate new identity and it conversion into integral part of the contemporary Lviv were traced.