Kirovohrad Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; also referred to as Kirovohradschyna - Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi, formerly known as Kirovohrad. Its population is 965,756 (2017 est.)[2]. Between 1939 and 2016, Kropyvnytskyi was called Kirovohrad and was named after the First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Sergei Kirov.[3] Due to decommunization laws (on 14 July 2016) the name of the city was changed to Kropyvnytskyi.[3] Kirovohrad Oblast was not renamed because as such it is mentioned in the Constitution of Ukraine, and the Oblast can only be renamed by a constitutional amendment.[4] On 20 June 2018, the Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government of the Ukrainian parliament backed the proposal to rename Kirovohrad Oblast to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast.[5] In February 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine declared constitutional the bill on renaming Kirovohrad Oblast to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast.[6][7]

Kirovohrad Oblast Кіровоградська область Kirovohrads’ka oblast’
Oblast
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  Кіровоградщина (Kirovohradschyna)
Coordinates: 48.46°N 32.27°E / 48.46; 32.27
Country	Ukraine
Administrative center	Kropyvnytskyi
Government
• Governor	post vacant[1]
• Oblast council	64 seats
• Chairperson	Oleksandr Chornoivanenko (Batkivshchyna)
Area
• Total	24,588 km^2 (9,493 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 15th
Population  (2017)
• Total	965,756
• Rank	Ranked 25th
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	25000-27999
Area code	+380-52
ISO 3166 code	UA-35
Vehicle registration	ВA
Raions	21
Cities (total)	12
• Regional cities	4
Urban-type settlements	26
Villages	1015
FIPS 10-4	UP10
Website	kr-admin.gov.ua

Geography

The area of the province is 24,600 km² (9,498.11 sq mi).

The city of Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine.

History

The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 10, 1939 out of the northern raions of Mykolaiv Oblast. In 1954 the oblast lost some raions to the newly created Cherkasy Oblast, but later that year received its western raions from the Odessa Oblast.

Points of interest

The following sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine:

• Khutir Nadia
• Saint Elizabeth fortress
• Oblast art museum

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Kirovohrad Oblast

The Kirovohrad Oblast is administratively subdivided into 21 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, and the administrative center of the oblast, Kropyvnytskyi.

Name	Ukrainian Name	Area (km^2)	Population census 2015[8]	Admin.center	Urban Population Only
Kropyvnytskyi	Кропивницький (місто)	103	239,837	Kropyvnytskyi (city)	231,228
Oleksandriia	Олександрія (місто)	55	91,881	Oleksandriia (city)	82,269
Svitlovodsk	Світловодськ (місто)	45	53,449	Svitlovodsk (city)	45,746
Znamianka	Знам'янка (місто)	15	28,507	Znamianka (city)	23,245
Bobrynets'kyi raion	Бобринецький район	1,496	25,993	Bobrynets	10,998
Dobrovelychkivs'kyi raion	Добровеличківський район	1,297	33,925	Dobrovelychkivka	14,726
Dolyns'kyi raion	Долинський район	1,200	34,535	Dolynska	20,713
Haivorons'kyi raion	Гайворонський район	700	38,335	Haivoron	21,556
Holovanivs'kyi raion	Голованівський район	992	31,084	Holovanivsk	11,996
Kropyvnytskyi Raion	Кропивницький район	1,600	37,123	Kropyvnytskyi (city)	N/A *
Kompaniyivs'kyi raion	Компаніївський район	967	15,413	Kompaniivka	4,537
Malovyskivs'kyi raion	Маловисківський район	1,111	43,678	Mala Vyska	20,660
Novhorodkivs'kyi raion	Новгородківський район	997	15,567	Novhorodka	5,775
Novoarkhanhel's'kyi raion	Новоархангельський район	1,200	24,743	Novoarkhanhelsk	6,286
Novomyrhorods'kyi raion	Новомиргородський район	1,032	28,554	Novomyrhorod	13,894
Novoukrains'kyi raion	Новоукраїнський район	1,668	42,055	Novoukrainka	17,176
Oleksandrivs'kyi raion	Олександрівський район	1,159	27,558	Oleksandrivka	11,279
Oleksandriys'kyi raion	Олександрійський район	1,854	35,765	Oleksandriia (city)	N/A *
Onufriyivs'kyi raion	Онуфріївський район	889	18,445	Onufriivka	8,695
Petrivs'kyi raion	Петрівський район	1,195	24,329	Petrove	8,173
Svitlovods'kyi raion	Світловодський район	1,219	12,420	Svitlovodsk (city)	N/A *
Ul'yanovs'kyi raion	Ульяновський район	701	22,742	Ulianovka	6,080
Ustynivs'kyi raion	Устинівський район	942	13,106	Ustynivka	3,467
Vilshans'kyi raion	Вільшанський район	645	12,650	Vilshanka	4,689
Znamyans'kyi raion	Знам'янський район	1,334	23,030	Znamianka (city)	N/A *
Total Oblast	Кіровоградська Область	24,588	974,724		612,237

Note: Asterisks (*) Though the administrative center of the rayon is housed in the city/town that it is named after, cities do not answer to the rayon authorities only towns do; instead they are directly subordinated to the oblast government and therefore are not counted as part of rayon statistics.

Demographics

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.3% (male 72,646/female 68,970)

15-64 years: 68.7% (male 324,698/female 355,058)

65 years and over: 17.0% (male 55,718/female 111,666) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 41.2 years

male: 37.7 years

female: 44.5 years (2013 official)

Nomenclature

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Kirovohrad is the center of the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna.

See also: Romanization of Ukrainian

See also

• Administrative divisions of Ukraine

References

1. (in Ukrainian) The Cabinet of Ministers has changed its mind to appoint a businessman as the head of the Kirovohrad Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 August 2020)
2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
3. Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
   (in Ukrainian) Verkhovna Rada renamed Kirovograd, Ukrayinska Pravda (14 July 2016)
4. Ukraine, The World Factbook
5. Ukraine's parliament committee backs renaming of Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad regions, UNIAN (20 June 2018)
6. "Надано Висновок Конституційного Суду України в справі щодо перейменування Кіровоградської області | Конституційний Суд України". www.ccu.gov.ua. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
7. "Constitutional Court Declares Bill Renaming Kirovohrad Region As Kropyvnytskyi Region Constitutional". ukranews_com. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
8. "Population Quantity". UkrStat (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

External links

• "Main". Official web-site of the Kirovohrad Oblast State Administration (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2014.