Title: City Pustomyty Status: The city of regional significance in the Lviv region, the administrative center of Pustomyty district. Location: The city is located between the rivers Szczyrka and Stavchanka in the Dniester River system, 19 km to the south-west of Lviv. Area: 13.374 sq. km Population: 11,500 inhabitants. River: Stavchanka (tributary of the river Dniester). Year of Foundation: 1441, city status was obtained in 1988. Historical note: In ancient times the village, possibly named "Myto ("Fee") could be custom border between Peremiyshl and Zvenigorod principalities. It subsequently lost its former significance, when the neighboring towns Schirets and Lviv began to develop actively. It is believed that the words "Puste Myto" made the name "Pustomyty". There is evidence that in 1417 the village Mitko was sold by Schiretski Voight Ivan Nisholek to Stanislav Korytko. Act of sale was confirmed by King Vladislav Jagiello. Pustomyty were mentioned in 1441 in Lviv court book. In the years 1448-1454 the settlement appeared in the crown metric as the "duty" or "Pustomyty", it was owned by Stanislav Korytko. For some time the village was owned by Jan Dzedushitsky, who in 1528 sold it to hetman Jan Tarnovsky. Later the son of Jan, Nicholas Dzedushitsky bought Pustomyty. In 1626 the village was devastated by Tatars. On the eve of the national liberation war in 1648-1654 the owner of the village was Alexander Dzedushitsky. In 1772, after the first partition of Poland Pustomyty, like all of Galicia, were joined to Austria-Hungary. Since ancient times in Pustomyty there was a source of mineral sulphurous water. German traveler Gaket in 1791-1795 wrote that the local water in its composition does not differ from Lublin water. At the end of 1879 mineral water springs became interested in the new owner of Pustomyty Longin Dunka. On his initiative, Dr. Vonsovich made a chemical analysis of water, according to which in 1880 the permission to open a sanatorium was received. In the years 1880-1914 Pustomyty had been a famous resort. The presence in Pustomyty and around it of reserves of limestone led to the lime factories. Development of lime production was bound with the construction of the railway Lviv-Stryi which passed through Pustomyty. On September 21, 1939 the city was occupied by Soviet troops. In 1940 Sokilnitskyi district was created, whose center was in Pustomyty. Shortly after the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union Pustomyty were occupied by German fascists. Not far from the factories occupiers have created a concentration camp. In mid-April 1943 to the camp 230 Jews from Drohobych were led, and in late July of that year, almost all of them were shot. July 28, 1944 Pustomyty were freed from German occupation, the village was occupied by Soviet troops. In 1988, the settlement of urban type Pustomyty became a town. Main attractions: the Palace, the People's House, the Uspinnya Presvyatoi Bohoroditsi Church. Source of information: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пустомыты