Kirovgrad

Kirovgrad (English) Кировград (Russian)
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Location of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia
Kirovgrad Location of Kirovgrad in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 57°26′06″N 60°03′22″E / 57.43500°N 60.05611°E / 57.43500; 60.05611Coordinates: 57°26′06″N 60°03′22″E / 57.43500°N 60.05611°E / 57.43500; 60.05611
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to	Town of Kirovgrad
Administrative center of	Town of Kirovgrad
Municipal status (as of June 2009)
Urban okrug	Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug
Administrative center of	Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	21,035 inhabitants
Time zone	YEKT (UTC+05:00)
Founded	1661, 1663, or 1675
Previous names	Kalatay (until 1932)
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Kirovgrad (Russian: Кировград) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 21,035 (2010 Census);23,197 (2002 Census);25,598 (1989 Census).

The settlement Kalatay (Kala-ata in Turkic means "father's place") was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675. In 1932, it was given its present name; after Sergey Kirov, a prominent Bolshevik.

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the town of Verkhny Tagil and ten rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Kirovgrad—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Kirovgrad and eight rural localities are incorporated as Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug. The town of Verkhny Tagil, together with two other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug.

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