Busk - Ukraine

 Bus`k,  history, modernity, future.

Bus`k is is   one of the towns  which historical roots  go back to the times  of  Ukrainian state
system origin  and Kievan   Rus foundation. Busk  was firstly mentioned in the oldest chronicle known to the historical science "Tale of Bygone years", the 900-th anniversary of which would be celebrated  this year.
This chronicle stated  that  in 1097 Bus`k was already  a fort.
According to the "Tale of Bygone years" Prince David Igorovych, deprived of  the Volodymyr`s
throne moved to Bus`k  and it became his capital. Since that time and till the end of the 12-th century the town was  ruled by different inspirers, was first the separate Bus`k principality, then together with adjoined territories belonged to other principalities, including Kievan principality.
In 1411  the town was one of the first in Galicia to adopt Magdeburg Law, and it facilitated  its
dramatic development.
The town`s coat of arms had become the integral  attribute of its self-government. A stork in its natural colours ,  which stands on one foor (the second  is lifted), is represented  on the coat of arms.
The bird is placed   on  the background  of  a blue field, resembling a  shield.
Fouddation of the first in the  modern  territory of Ukraine  papermaking factory in Bus`k  in
1539-41  is connected  with Bus`k milling  industry. The masterpiece of  Ukrainian book  printing  "Ostrog Bible" (1581) by Ivan Fedorovych (Fedorov)  was printed on a  paper made in Busk.
At the beginning of  the XVII-th  century Bus`k was  one of  largest towns  of  the Ruthenian
principality of those  times.
The town itself  was divided into three  parts: Stare, Seredne and Nove. Four suburbs  belonged  to it: Lipyboky, Dovga  storona , Volyany and  Pidzamche , the fifth suburb Nimetskyj  Byk appeared  later.
Big number of rivers, ditches, digs, marshy localities complicated the connection between separate parts of the town and at the same time made Bus`k unique. Many bridges were built over the watter barriers, in the quantity of which - more than fifty - Bus`k  was called "Galician  Venice" long time ago.
The number of historical events and names of famous social-political  and cultural  figures of
Ukraine  is  connected with Bus`k. During the War of liberation  under the leadership of B.Khmelnitskij the army of Cossacks and peasants captured the town before the battle near  Berestechko (1651). The President of the West Ukrainian Peoples Republic Evgen Petrushevich 1863-1940) the famous Ukrainian  philologist, etnographers and art critic Illarion Svencickij ( 1876-1936) were born here. The lounder of the new Ukrainian literature in the West Ukraine, famous poet Markijan Shashkevich (1811-1843) lived and  wrote his  works in Bus`k. His associate from the members of the  group ."Russian Triad", writer and folklorist Ivan Vagilevich  (1811-1865) collected folklore materials here.
In the  3-s of the  XX-th century  the great connoiseur of Ukrainian  antiquity,  "scientist of
prince`s towns  Lev Chajkowskij held his historical researches in Bus`k .
The incredible natural  talent  of the sisters Daniila, Maria and Nina  Bajko, the  Honoured Actresses of Ukraine, Laureates of the Shevchenko State Prize, came out  and their  creative  way started in the town  over   the Bug river.
Today  Bus`k is a district centre of Lviv region with  the population over 9000. The town  is
situated on the banks of the West Bug, river 50 kilometres to the northeast  from Lviv , the centre  of Galicia, on the highway Kyiv-Chop. Recently the town has enlarged  its territorial borders.In the central part of the town  there are private enterprises for  trade , services, public catering,recreation  and entertrainment. The residents  and the quests of the town has  9   bars and  cafes,  a restaurant  and the "Oksana" hotel for 46 places at their disposal.
The sportcomplex   with  stadium and indoor-pool 25 meters length function in Bus`k. The hall  for movies and concerts  can accommodate  600 spectators.
The joint-stock ventures and private firms operate on the town territory. Among the largest are the following : concern  "Busk`s brewery" , cannery, "Agroservice", "Plant of special technologial equipment", walls construction material plant. Ukrainian -Belgian joint venture, two construction  organizations and road-construction department N 34, state forestry. The private trade-production  enterprise  "Bug" enlarges  the scale  of  its activity.The town of Bus`k is situated on the crossing of the important international  and state highways
in directions  Kyiv-Chop (checkpoint with Hungary and Slovakia),Ternopil, Berestechko, Chernivtsi,
Ivano-Frankivskk.       
The important railway junction Krasne  is 6 kilometres from Busk.
Dus`k is situated in the centre  of the tourist-recreational area, which parts are  Olesko  castle,
Pidhirtsi  castle,Drevneruske Horodyshche, Plisnesk, the town of Zolochiv.
The number of automobile tourist itineraries crosses  the town.
The distance to  the border-passages from  Bus`k to Rava-Ruska (Poland) is 100 km, to Shegini (Poland) is 150 km.
900-year-old Bus`k has  saved the number of cultural and historical monuments, which have
artistic historical value  of the state importance and which arouse the interest of  tourists. Fortunately,destructive storms of our complicated history, war adversities  could not destroy ancient Bus`k. It is proud of its elaborated  folk architecture- Onyfrievska wooden church, which was built in  XYII-th , with
the iconostasis  of  of XYIII-th , church of st. Paraskeva dated back from XYII-th . Even today the  ancient of the count  Badeni (XIX-th) surprises  with the  refinement of its architecture. The old structure of the Rynok-square is worth of tourists attention. The church of the  St.Stanislav impresses with its monumentality. The pearl of the gardening art - the Franko-park , planted in XIX-th , is located in the town. Here, in the  shadow of hundred-years-old trees over over the waters of the West Bug is the layorite place of rest of citizens. The town is leading in Ukraine by the area of green green planting per one   resident.
Bus`k is favorably situated on the crossing  of automobile routes of the state importance, that is
why  the building  of the complex of gas stations, technical-services station for automobiles and construction of motels is perspective. The city administration proposes unoccupied  land for those  projects. We also suggest a number of uncompleted objects for  developing: walls  construction materials plant with the capacity 25 mln bricks per year, module building of the special  technological equipment plant etc.
The construction of the enterprises of agricultural  products processing, light industry and the
enlargement of the sphere of services are the promising areas in the town. Unoccupied land, uncompleted objects of construction can attract bussinesmen, satisfy their interests and tastes and be profitable place for investments. The town administration always supports all interesting proposals, assists in the development of businessmen from Ukraine and foreign potential.
partners to collaboration in 900-year-old prince`s Bus`k  - always young town, which sinks in greenery and confidently goes in the future.

BUSK DISTRICT
2, Lviv Street, Busk, Lviv region, 80500, Ukraine
Ph.: +380 3264 21802
Fax: +380 3264 21846
Territory - 85006 hectares
Population - 50800 people
Towns: Busk, Settlement Krasne and Olesko

Land resources: total area of agriculture land - 57,1 thousand hectares, hayfields - 10,4 thousand hectares, pastures - 9,8 thousand hectares, woods - 20,6 thousand hectares, gardens - 0,5 thousand hectares. Natural resources: sand (15 million mі stock), clay (2,2 million mі stock).
Other characteristics: highway Kyiv-Chop, railway Lviv-Moscow, the number of bank institutions - 5, architecture monuments, the region’s pearl - Oles’kyi castle.
Plans for development: a part of Kyiv-Chop highway infrastructure improvement, the investment in the tourism and recreation sphere, agro tourism organization, district natural resources in the circulation introduction, new technologies in agriculture, turnip oil, production creation on the modern technologies basis, new type economic centers formation on the information technologies basis.

List of investment project:
1. Plots of land selling:
- Brick plant construction, Busk, Zavodska Street, an area of 5 hectares, clay deposit availability, the uncompleted construction of administrative building.
- Industrial constituent construction, Busk, Dovbush Street, in the eastern part of the city, an area of 4,2 hectares.
2. The short-term rent of the plots of lands (ponds) for the fishing economy, active rest: Sokolivka village, an area of 17 hectares; Kizliv, an area of 14 hectares. The long-term rent - Olesko, an area of 60,7 hectares.
3. Reconstruction and Modernization of the livestock farms, the organization of production the meat and meat products.
4. The production of the techniques for crushing the industrial garbage, completed goods and reserved components to it. The aim of the project is to provide the inner market with the modern techniques, the modernization existing production, the inculcation the new techniques and creation the additional working places.
5. Reconstruction of the fodder plant as to organize the concentrated forage, mixtures production. Investment sum is 377 thousand USA $.
6. Organization the raising of hens on the basis of ZAT ”Zakhidnyj Bug”. Investment sum is 600 thousand USA $.
7. Organization the production of tinned fruit for children food - stuff on the basis of VAT ”Busk canned food factory”. Investment sum is 3,3 million USA $.
8. Selling of the non-completed construction of the children institution in Busk.
9. Selling of the non-completed construction of the two-storied house building in the settlement Krasne, readiness is 40%.
10. Organization of timber and sewing production remaking on the existing free areas.
11. Organization of supply, repairing, technical inspection of the constructions in agricultural techniques and equipment for the remaking branch.
12. The available free land area for growing sugar-beet (3 thousand hectares).
The persons for the contact with investor:
- the chief of economic department of Busk regional state administration Jevgenij Ravski, ph.: +380 3264 21074.
- the main specialist of economic department of Busk regional state administration Switlana Kharko, ph.: +380 3264 21139, e-mail: switlanac@mail.ru