Attractions of Busha

The near-kordonny castle on the ancient border of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was erected in the other half of the 16th century. corona hetman J. Zamoyskiy. The castle roztashovuvsya on the place, set by the little riches of Muraf and Bushanka. 4 kutovi locks vezhi z'єnuvali between themselves by underground passages. Skin s vezh small sv_y okremiy powder lokh. Also, two kam'yani vezhi were part of the system of ancient wood defensive reinforcements. The castle was often conceited with Tatar attacks. In 1617, the hetman Stanislav Zholkevsky signed here a peace treaty from the Turkish commander Iskander Pashey, who pushed the Polish-Turkish war to a rock. In 1648, Bohdan Khmelnitsky, after ordering in place of the Bratslav regiment, was occupied by the Cossack corrals as a fortress. In 1654 the Polish castle was overlaid. Behind the legend, we will stop defending the keruval, the widow of the centurion Zavisny Mar'yan. If the enemies had escaped to the place, they burned up the powder of the Liohi, making a fortune with a vibuch at once from the enemies, and then they burst into flames. One of the fortresses was saved, as in 1756 they stayed on the door of the commissioned Michael Church (zruynovana for the radians' hours). The bashta was renovated, during the reconstruction of the church, a temple was built. In 2000, the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Bush" was established, archaeological information was held. On the upper tier of the century, the museum of the defense of Bush was located, on the territory of the castle, the pavilion of Tripil culture was organized, a show of modern sculpture was organized. There is a Cossack tsvintar of the XVIII-XIX centuries at the center of the upper settlement. from massive stone chrests of versatile forms.

The ethnographic collection is housed in an old 130-year-old house in the center of the village of Busha, near the Castle Hill. The museum was opened in 2004. Tools, utensils, clothes, towels, a chest, a cradle, paintings, icons and other objects of rural life collected in the surrounding villages are presented. A model of a medieval castle and city fortifications is displayed in the yard. To visit, please contact the administration of the Bush State Historical and Cultural Reserve.

The pre-Christian cave church in Bush was opened by Professor V. Antonovich in 1883. He discovered here a unique rock relief depicting the World Tree, a rooster, a deer, and a man kneeling. Above these figures is carved a mysterious rectangle, which previously contained the inscription "Azm esm Mirobog priest Olgov" (now the inscription is not visible). Different researchers date the Bushan relief to different historical periods - from the II to the XII century, and some date it to the XVI century. The cave may have been used as a Christian temple. Medieval inscriptions indicate that Catholic monks lived in the cave. In 1824, a local nobleman R. Oatmeal found and explored the cave, making an inscription: "In memory of 1524 on June 3. R. O." (This day Bush was destroyed by the Tatars). Currently, the rock temple is part of the Bush State Historical and Cultural Reserve. To visit, please contact the administration of the reserve.