Busk, Ukraine
Encyclopedia
Busk is a city located in Busk Raion
in Lviv Oblast
(province
) of western Ukraine
. The city's population was 8,896 as of the 2006 Ukrainian Census.
It is administrative center of the Busk Raion
.
Busk was the birthplace of Yevhen Petrushevych
, the president of the West Ukrainian National Republic
.
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Busk Raion
Busk Raion is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Busk. It has a population of 50 871.It was establishes in 1966.-External links:*...
in Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) of western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. The city's population was 8,896 as of the 2006 Ukrainian Census.
It is administrative center of the Busk Raion
Busk Raion
Busk Raion is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Busk. It has a population of 50 871.It was establishes in 1966.-External links:*...
.
Busk was the birthplace of Yevhen Petrushevych
Yevhen Petrushevych
Yevhen Petrushevych was a Ukrainian lawyer, politician, and president of the Western Ukrainian National Republic formed after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918.-Biography:He was born on June 3, 1863, in the town of Busk, of Galicia in the clerical...
, the president of the West Ukrainian National Republic
West Ukrainian National Republic
The West Ukrainian People's Republic was a short-lived republic that existed in late 1918 and early 1919 in eastern Galicia, that claimed parts of Bukovina and Carpathian Ruthenia and included the cities of Lviv , Przemyśl , Kolomyia , and Stanislaviv...
.
Twin towns - Sister cities
Busk is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
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RopczyceRopczyceRopczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Valley the Wielopolka River and is inhabited by 15,098 people . It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.-Geography:...
in PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
