Busk, Ukraine

Busk Буськ
The Busk City Council.
Coat of arms
Busk
Coordinates: 49°58′0″N 24°37′0″E / 49.96667°N 24.61667°E / 49.96667; 24.61667
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Busk Raion
Area
• Total	9.0 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	8,437
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	80500—80505
Area code(s)	+380-3264
Sister cities	Ropczyce

Busk (Ukrainian: Буськ; Polish: Busk) is a city located in Busk Raion in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Population: 8,437 (2013 est.).

It is administrative center of the Busk Raion.

Busk was the birthplace of Yevhen Petrushevych, the president of the West Ukrainian National Republic.

Busk has a long history. First mentioned in 1097 in Primary Chronicle in the context of the dispute between Rus' princes for border area between Principality of Halych and Volhynian principality. It was granted town charter in 1411 by Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it belonged to the Belz Voivodeship, and was the seat of a separate administrative unit, the Land of Busk. The town remained part of Poland until the first partition of Poland (1772), when it was seized by the Habsburg Empire, and remained in Austrian Galicia until late 1918. In the interwar period, Busk belonged to Kamionka Buska County, Tarnopol Voivodeship, until Soviet invasion of Poland (September 1939). In 1913, the population of Busk was 8,000, including 3,500 Poles, 2,700 Jews and 1,800 Ukrainians.