Pamięć miasta - elementy polskie w urbanonimii współczesnego Lwowa

Abstract is dedicated to the historical and culturological analysis of the contemporary names of streets and squares of Lviv, occurred from well-known Poles’ surnames. Are examined 1189 names, from which 72% arose via transformation of anthroponym. Are found 19 names, basis of which became Polish surnames. Analysis showed that the majority of names departs by its roots to Austro- Hungarian Empire or Soviet period, only 4 of them were appropriated already in the independent Ukraine. The persons who are immortalized, first of all, are representatives of the different branches of culture, science and skill. Most of them represented literature - in 9 names. Among the onymical motivations were found 3 types: 1) motivation by the direct connection of man with the street or the city (place of stay or bury), here are involved such names, as Банаха, Запольськог, Бой-Желенського, Коноптцьког, Фредра 2) the creation of the immortalized personality is valuable for the Ukrainian culture or contains elements, connected with the Ukraine (Кльоновича, Кольберга, Ожешко, Словацького), 3) the reputation of immortalized face has the world nature (Коперника, Мщкевича, Шопена). The first type possesses real motivation, when second and third type names are only memorial names, especially productive in contemporary urbanonymy. Analysis was made on the basis of the dictionary-handbooks by B. Melnyk and S. Gromov.