Kirovohrad Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast (, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; referred tae as Kirovohradschyna -  an aw) is an oblast (province) o Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Kropyvnytskyi.

Geography

The aurie o the province is , its population (as o 2004-05-01) is 1.1 million.

The ceety o Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical centre o Ukraine.

History

The oblast wis creatit as pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 10 Januar 1939.

Atween 1752 an 1764, the Kirovohrad Oblast wis a territory o Imperial Roushie namit Nova Serbia, an existit in this aurie wi an admeenistrative seat in Novomyrhorod.

Points o interest
The follaein steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wanders o Ukraine.
 Khutir Nadia
 Saint Elizabeth fortress
 Oblast airt museum

Subdiveesions

The Kirovohrad Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 21 raions (destricts) as well as 4 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, an the admeenistrative centre o the oblast, Kropyvnytskyi.

 Raions o the Kirovohrad Oblast  In Inglis In Ukrainian Admeenistrative Center Bobrynetskyi RaionБобринецький район Bobrynets'kyi raionBobrynets (Ceety) Dobrovelychkivskyi RaionДобровеличківський район Dobrovelychkivs'kyi raionDobrovelychkivka (Urban-type settlement) Dolynskyi RaionДолинський район Dolyns'kyi raionDolynska (Ceety) Haivoronskyi RaionГайворонський район Haivorons'kyi raionHaivoron (Ceety) Holovanivskyi RaionГолованівський район Holovanivs'kyi raionHolovanivsk (Urban-type settlement) Kirovohradskyi RaionКіровоградський район Kirovohrads'kyi raionKirovohrad (Ceety) Kompaniivskyi RaionКомпаніївський район Kompaniyivs'kyi raionKompaniivka (Urban-type settlement) Malovyskivskyi RaionМаловисківський район Malovyskivs'kyi raionMala Vyska (Ceety) Novhorodkivskyi RaionНовгородківський  район Novhorodkivs'kyi raionNovhorodka (Urban-type settlement) Novoarkhanhelskyi RaionНовоархангельський район Novoarkhanhel's'kyi raionNovoarkhanhelsk (Urban-type settlement) Novomyrhorodskyi RaionНовомиргородський район Novomyrhorods'kyi raionNovomyrhorod (Ceety) Novoukrainskyi RaionНовоукраїнський район Novoukrains'kyi raionNovoukrainka (Ceety) Oleksandrivskyi RaionОлександрівський район Oleksandrivs'kyi raionOleksandrivka (Urban-type settlement) Oleksandriyskyi RaionОлександрійський район Oleksandriys'kyi raionOleksandriia (Ceety) Onufriivskyi RaionОнуфріївський район Onufriyivs'kyi raionOnufriivka (Urban-type settlement) Petrivskyi RaionПетрівський район Petrivs'kyi raionPetrove (Urban-type settlement) Svitlovodskyi RaionСвітловодський район Svitlovods'kyi raionSvitlovodsk (Ceety) Ulianovskyi RaionУльяновський район Ul'yanovs'kyi raionUlianovka (Ceety) Ustynivskyi RaionУстинівський район Ustynivs'kyi raionUstynivka (Urban-type settlement) Vilshanskyi RaionВільшанський район Vilshans'kyi raionVilshanka (Urban-type settlement) Znamianskyi RaionЗнам'янський район Znamyans'kyi raionZnamianka (Ceety)

Nomenclatur

Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are namit efter thair caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formit bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective centre ceety: Kirovohrad is the centre o the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad Oblast). Maist oblasts are whiles referred tae in a feminine noun form an aw, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna.

See an aw
 Subdiveesions o Ukraine

References

Freemit airtins
 Kirovohrad Oblast Admeenistration wabsteid  
 Kirovohrad Wab Directory /
 Kirovohrad Daily News /
 Kirovohrad Region Information o MFA o Ukraine /


Category:Oblasts o Ukraine
Category:States an territories established in 1939