Bucha was granted city status on February 6.[2] Before 1996 Bucha was a town with the Irpin city municipality.
Bucha Day celebrated in the city on 13 September.
The settlement arose with construction of the Kyiv – Kovel railway in 1898 around a small train halt by Bucha River. Bucha was one of the train stops of Kyiv–Kovel railway similar to one in the modern city of Irpin. In close vic to be a brick factory. Yablunka is mentioned in the 19th century Polish Geographic dictionary as a village of Jabłonka 37 versts away from Kyiv.[3]
During the World War II before the liberation of Kyiv from Nazi Germany forces in December 1943 (see Battle of Kyiv (1943)), in Bucha were located headquarters of the 1st Ukrainian Front commanded by General Vatutin.
