The village of Velyki Budischa is located on the Poltava-Gadyach highway, a few kilometers north of Dikanka. It is mentioned in chronicles from the XIV century. as a fortification on the border of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The name comes from the word "buda" - the place of production of potash, which was used in the old days as a detergent. In the XVII century. with the blessing of hetman I. Samoilovich, the Great Buddhist Preobrazhensky Monastery was founded in Chernech Yar, which was then transferred to the neighboring Pisarevshchina as Holy Trinity. In March-April 1709, the headquarters of the Swedish king Charles XII, who fought with the Russian tsar Peter I, was located in Velikiye Budischi. XIX century. here was the estate of the court councilor, Little Russian posta ...
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | XIV |
Latitude | 49.851173 |
Longitude | 34.58421 |
Region | Poltava |