 Initially the Austrian rule was somewhat liberal.In 1773, the first newspaper in Lviv, "Gazette de Leopoli", began to be published.The city grew during the 19th century, increasing in population from approximately 30,000 at the time of Austrian annexation in 1772 to 196,000 by 1910 and to 212,000 three years later; while the poverty in Austrian Galicia was raging.