Kaluš

There are places in Ukraine with the respiring eternity. Among them is the city of Kalush in IvanoFrankivs'k region, which dates back to 1437. More than a half of the millennium the history of the city is connected with the great beds of potassium salts from which since olden times the common salt has been produced in salt-making "zhupa". The value of this handicraft for economic development of the city is confirmed by the old coat of arms of the city of Kalush on which the piles of common salt are represented. In 1549 - Kalush was given a status of "the free city", namely Magdeburg law. The history of Kalush passed through different periods. At present, it is one of the powerful economic and cultural centers in Western Ukraine.