Title: City Bus'k Status: The city of regional significance in the Lviv region, the administrative center of Bus'k area. Location: The city is located 51 km from Lviv. Area: 3.84 sq. km. Population: 8900 inhabitants. Rivers: Western Bug, Poltva The first mention in historical documents: 1097 Historical note: On the territory of ancient settlement in Bus'k archaeologists found housing and things of the Linear Pottery culture (5 c. B.C.) and Slavic antiquities, dating back to 8-9 centuries. Traces of settlement date back to the board of the Slavic leader Bozh. Perhaps, Bus'k as the city already existed in the 8th century and was the center of tribal union of Buzhans who lived on the banks of the river Western Bug. The first mention of the city (Buzhsk, Buzhes'k) in the annals of "Tale of Bygone Years" is dated 1097. The city is mentioned in it as already existing. Since that time until the end of the 12 century the city was in the hands of different owners. Prince David I., devoid of Vladimir to the throne, moved to Bus'k and made it his capital. In the 13 c. well-fortified fortress city Bus'k played the role of an outpost on the border of Volhynia, and later Galicia-Volyn principality. In 1241 the town was burned during the Mongol invasion. In the second half of 14 c. the city came under Polish rule. In the early 15 century it became an important trade and craft center. An inherent part of city government is the city's emblem, which depicts "Buzko" (stork). In the years 1539-1641 in the city paper production appeared, on its paper the "Ostrog Bible" (1581, printer Ivan Fyodorov) was printed. In the early 17th century Bus'k was one of the largest cities of Russian province. A large number of rivers, ditches and swampy lowlands complicated relationship between the individual parts of the city and at the same time gave to it a unique appearance. Bus'k was called the "Venice of the Galicia". In 1722, after the first division of Poland, Bus'k was ruled by Austria, under which it was until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. Since 1919 till 1939, Bus'k was under Polish rule. In September 1939 the city became a Soviet. On July, 1 1941 the city was seized by German troops; during the occupation the city suffered heavy eventual damages. On July 18, 1944 troops of the 1-st Ukrainian Front liberated Bus'k during Lviv-Sandomierz operation. Main attractions: the Palace of Count Badeni, the wooden St. Onufriy church and bell tower, the wooden St. Paraskeva church. Source of information: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wikii/Буск