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Kirovograd

Kropyvnytskyi
Кропивницький
City of regional significance
Inhul River in Kropyvnytskyi
Inhul River in Kropyvnytskyi
Flag of Kropyvnytskyi
Flag
Coat of arms of Kropyvnytskyi
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Little Paris (used in historical context)
Motto: With peace and goodness
Kropyvnytskyi is located in Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi is located in Ukraine
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi
Location of Kirovohrad Oblast
Coordinates: 48°30′0″N 32°16′0″E / 48.50000°N 32.26667°E / 48.50000; 32.26667Coordinates: 48°30′0″N 32°16′0″E / 48.50000°N 32.26667°E / 48.50000; 32.26667
Country
Oblast
Raion
Ukraine
Kirovohrad Oblast
City municipality
Founded 1754
City rights 1765, 1782
Government
 • Mayor Andriy Raykovych
Area
 • City of regional significance 103 km2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation 124 m (407 ft)
Population (2013)
 • City of regional significance 234,322
 • Density 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
 • Metro 242,919
Postal code 25000-490
Area code(s) +380 522
Sister cities Dobrich
Website http://www.kr-rada.gov.ua/

Kropyvnytskyi (Ukrainian: Кропивни́цький, Ukrainian pronunciation: [kropeu̯nɪt͡sʲkɪi̯]) is a city in central Ukraine located on the Inhul river, and is the administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Population: 232 052 (2015 est.).

Until recently (1939 – 2016) it carried a name of Kirovohrád (Ukrainian: Кіровогра́д, [kirowɔˈɦrɑd]; Russian: Кировогра́д, Kirovográd) after the First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Sergei Kirov. Other names included Yelisavetgrad and Zinovyevsk.

The city is the birthplace of noted figures such as Grigory Zinoviev, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Arseny Tarkovsky, African Spir and others.

Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name several times. Presenting a letter of grant on January 11, 1752 to Major-General Jovan Horvat, the organizer of Nova Serbia settlements, the Empress Elizabeth of Russia ordered "to found an earthen fortress and name it Fort St. Elizabeth" (see On the Historical Meaning of the Name Elizabeth for Our City) (in Ukrainian). Thus simultaneously the future city was named in honour of its formal founder, the Russian empress, and also in honor of her heavenly patroness, St. Elizabeth.


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