OBLOHA BUSHI. Istorychna povist′.

Staryts′kyy Mychaylo Petrovych (1840—1904) — pys′mennyk, poet, perekladach, teatral′nyy i kul′turno-hromads′kyy diyach. Pershi tvory Staryts′koho buly nadrukovani 1865 roku. Staryts′kyy buv spravzhnim vchytelem molodych ukrayins′kych pys′mennykiv i vidihrav velyku rol′ v orhanizatsiyi literaturnoho i hromads′koho zhyttya 1890-ch rr. Povist′ «Obloha Bushi» vidtvoryuye real′ni istorychni podiyi heroyichnoyi oborony mistechka-fortetsi pid chas ukrayins′koyi natsional′no-vyzvol′noyi viyny XVII stolittya. Pryhodnyts′kyy syuzhet tvoru trymaye chytacha u postiyniy napruzi, syla charakteriv holovnych heroyiv i samopozhertva vs′oho naselennya mistechka vrazhayut′, a kochannya sotnykivny Orysi, yaka ocholyla oboronu Bushi, i pol′s′koho knyazya Antosya, zacharovuye svoyeyu hlybynoyu.