However, the locality had lost the importance after some time and the name was transformed into Puste Myto (Пусте Мито, literally "empty customs").

None of those buildings survived till this day, except a small palace in the central town park.

In September 1942, the Tomb of Liberty was dedicated on the outskirts of Pustomyty, near the reading room, in memory of those who died in the fight against Bolshevism.

[4] Pustomyty obtained the town status in 1988, as the result of merge with neighboring villages Hlynna-Navariia and Lisnevychi.

Also the lime kiln depicted on the emblem symbolizes the main Pustomyty craft for many years.