 In the early stage of World War I, Lviv was captured by the Russian army in September 1914 but was retaken by Austria–Hungary in June the following year.During Habsburg rule Lviv became one of the most important Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish cultural centers.The city, granted the right to send delegates to the imperial parliament in Vienna, drew in many prominent cultural and political leaders, and therefore served as a meeting place of Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish and German cultures.