Sale of the sacred Lysivka Hill: a threat to Ukraine’s historical heritage

They sold it after all… This is an incredible place of power! Boys are dying for us and for places like this…
What should we do in such a situation?

A one-day company bought our sacred place, the historical Lysivka Hill in the village of Busha, where Trypillian settlements were discovered.

We need to spread the word as much as possible!

The historical Lysivka Hill in Busha, Vinnytsia region, was sold at auction for mineral extraction.

What makes the State Historical and Cultural Reserve of Busha famous, and why is it so important to preserve its territory and surrounding areas?

Here, settlements of the Trypillian, Chernyakhiv, Scythian, and ancient Rus cultures were discovered (4 archaeological monuments dating from the 3rd millennium BC to the 12th century AD).

Busha is also home to a unique Cossack cemetery. You know, there are very few Cossack burials left in Ukraine, right? And here, there are hundreds of graves from the 18th-19th centuries. There are Latin crosses, Maltese crosses, and some of them look very unusual: a tall isosceles triangle with a round top — the “head” — and crossbars as the “arms.” You can also find graves with round crosses set into the base of the monument.

There are also remnants of a fortress and underground passages from the 16th-17th centuries.

And it is home to the only pre-Christian and Christian cave temple in Europe (!) dating from the 5th-16th centuries AD, featuring unique artistic reliefs. The rock has carvings of a human figure, a tree without leaves, a rooster, and a deer.

All these unique historical sites are now under threat of destruction.

While the internet buzzes about Bulgakov, the area near the reserve has been bought by a company called “CI-Evolution,” founded on February 19, 2024, with an initial capital of 1,000 UAH. The company’s address is listed as a private residence in Kyiv. The owner and director of the company is Ukrainian citizen Nataliya Hybelinda. The company paid 2,666,800 UAH for a special permit to extract minerals.

The situation needs attention!

And now I dream of visiting these amazing places. I hope I will still be able to see the unique monuments and not a quarry with the remains of Cossack crosses.

Photo: State Historical and Cultural Reserve “Busha.”

Mykhailo Ilnytsky