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Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, romanized: Kirovohradska 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. Its population is 920,128[2]. It is Ukraine's second least populated oblast, behind Chernivtsi.

Kirovohrad Oblast Кіровоградська область
Oblast
Kirovohradska oblast[1]
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname:  Кіровоградщина (Kirovohradshchyna)
Coordinates: 48.46°N 32.27°E / 48.46; 32.27
Country	Ukraine
Administrative center	Kropyvnytskyi
Government
• Governor	Andriy Raykovych
• Oblast council	64 seats
• Chairperson	Oleksandr Chornoivanenko (Batkivshchyna)
Area
• Total	24,588 km2 (9,493 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 15th
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	920,128
• Rank	Ranked 25th
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	4
Cities (total)	12
• Regional cities	0
Urban-type settlements	26
Villages	1015
FIPS 10-4	UP10
Website	kr-admin.gov.ua

In 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine approved the change of the oblast's name to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Кропивницька область, romanized: Kropyvnytska oblast), or Kropyvnychchyna (Ukrainian: Кропивниччина).[3]

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. Between 1939 and 2016, the oblast administrative center, 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.[4] Due to decommunization laws (on 14 July 2016) the name of the city was changed to Kropyvnytskyi.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] In February 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine declared constitutional the bill on renaming Kirovohrad Oblast to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast.[7][8] As of November 2022, the renaming has not been completed due to the resistance by members of the oblast council.

Points of interest

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

• Khutir Nadia

Administrative divisions

Before the July 2020 reform, Kirovohrad Oblast was administratively subdivided into 21 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which were directly subordinate to the oblast government: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, and the administrative center of the oblast, Kropyvnytskyi.

Name	Ukrainian Name	Area (km2)	Population estimate 2015[9]	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 was housed in the city/town that it was named after, cities do not answer to the rayon authorities only towns do; instead they were directly subordinated to the oblast government and therefore were 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 was the former name of 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

• Administrative divisions of Ukraine

References

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.

На других языках

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[de] Oblast Kirowohrad

Die Oblast Kirowohrad (ukrainisch Кіровоградська область .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Kirowohradska oblast; russisch Кировоградская область Kirowogradskaja oblast) ist eine von 24 Oblasten in der Ukraine. Sie befindet sich im Zentrum der Ukraine. Sie hat 920.128 Einwohner (Anfang 2021; de facto).[1] In der Oblast befindet sich der geographische Mittelpunkt des Landes, die Siedlung Dobrowelytschkiwka. Die Region ist stark landwirtschaftlich geprägt. Nach Umbenennung der Oblasthauptstadt im Jahr 2016 in Kropywnyzkyj ist auch vorgesehen, die Oblast selbst in Oblast Kropywnyzkyj umzubenennen.

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- [en] Kirovohrad Oblast

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[ru] Кировоградская область

Кировогра́дская о́бласть (укр. Кіровогра́дська о́бласть), разг. Кировоградщина (укр. Кіровоградщина) — область в центральной части Украины. Административный центр — город Кропивницкий. Создана 10 января 1939 года в составе Украинской ССР указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР с центром в городе Кирово, который был переименован в Кировоград, а с 2016 года имеет название Кропивницкий. Область не была переименована.

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