Kirovohrad Oblast Explained

Kirovohrad Oblast
Native Name:Кіровоградська область
Native Name Lang:uk
Official Name:Kirovohradska oblast[1]
Nickname:Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина
Settlement Type:Oblast
Flag Alt:Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast
Shield Alt:Coat of arms of Kirovohrad Oblast
Mapsize:275px
Coordinates:48.46°N 32.27°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Parts Type:Largest cities
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Established
Established Date:10 January 1939
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Kropyvnytskyi
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Andriy Raykovych
Leader Title1:Oblast council
Leader Name1:64 seats
Leader Title2:Chairperson
Leader Name2:Yuriy Drozd (Servant of the People)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:24588
Area Rank:Ranked 15th
Population Total: 903712
Population Rank:Ranked 25th
Population As Of:2022
Population Blank1 Title:Annual growth
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP
Demographics1 Footnotes:[2]
Demographics1 Title1:Total
Demographics1 Info1:₴ 100 billion
(€2.579 billion)
Demographics1 Title2:Per capita
Demographics1 Info2:₴ 109,183
(€2,828)
Blank Name Sec1:Raions
Blank Info Sec1:4
Blank1 Name Sec1:Cities (total)
Blank1 Info Sec1:12
Blank2 Name Sec1:• Regional cities
Blank2 Info Sec1:0
Blank3 Name Sec1:
Blank3 Info Sec1:26
Blank4 Name Sec1:Villages
Blank4 Info Sec1:1015
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:25000-27999
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380-52
Iso Code:UA-35
Registration Plate Type:Vehicle registration
Registration Plate:ВA
Blank Name Sec2:FIPS 10-4
Blank Info Sec2:UP10
Website:kr-admin.gov.ua

Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область|translit=Kirovohradska oblast), also known as Kirovohradshchyna (Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина), is an oblast (region) in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi. Its population is It is Ukraine's second least populated oblast, behind Chernivtsi.

In 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine approved the change of the oblast's name to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast (unofficially Kropyvnychchyna).[3] The change is not yet implemented. The largest cities of the region are Kropyvnytskyi, Oleksandriia, Znamianka and Svitlovodsk.

Geography

The area of the province is .

The city of Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine.

Most of the region is located within historic Right-bank Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia, and the western outskirts are part of historic Podolia.

History

See also: Kherson Governorate. The lands of the modern Kirovohrad Oblast were first inhabited by Scythians.[4] [5] In the Middle Ages, during the time of Kyivan Rus', the East Slavic tribe of Ulichis lived here.[6] After the liberation of the former Kyivan Rus' from the Tatars in the Battle of Blue Waters and the unification of the principalities of Kyiv, Pereyaslav, and Chernihiv with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,[7] [8] there was a need to protect the southeastern borders from attacks by the Crimean Khanate and Moscovy - states that were formed after the collapse of the Golden Horde at the end of the 15th century. For this, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky founded the first Zaporozhian Sich on the island of Khortytsia, thus the Ukrainian Cossacs appeared.[9] On the territory of the modern Kirovohrad region the Zaporozhians founded many villages. From 1569, the territory formed of the Kingdom of Poland within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

These lands were under the rule of the Ukrainian Cossacks of Hetmanate and Zaporozhian Sich from XV to XVIII century.[10]

As a result of the destruction of Ukrainian Cossacks and the enslavement of Ukrainians by the Russian government at the end of the 18th century, these lands came under the direct power of Russia.[11] [12] In 1752, the territory of New Serbia was founded with the capital in Novomyrhorod.

In the 1800s, majority of the landed was owned by the noble Skarżyński family.[13] They played a large role in the development of the region. An emphasis was placed on the development of its agriculture and the Skarzynskis opened a school in Migeya dedicated to this.[14]

The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian SSR on January 10, 1939 out of the northern raions of Mykolaiv Oblast. Before establishment, its territory was part of Kherson Governorate (most of it) and Podolia Governorate (smaller portion) until 1925. Earlier before occupation of Ukraine in 1920s, in 1918 there were plans to introduce own Ukrainian administrative territorial division with territory of modern Kirovohrad Oblast being split between lands of Nyz (Lower land), Pobozhia (Boh land), and Cherkasy.

During the Soviet repressions, over 40,000 residents of the region were killed.[15] [16] [17] [18]

In 1954, the oblast lost some raions to the newly created Cherkasy Oblast, but later that year received its western raions from the Odesa 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. Due to decommunization laws (on 14 July 2016) the name of the city was changed to Kropyvnytskyi.[19] 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 by the Verkhovna Rada.[20]

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.[21] In February 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine declared constitutional the bill on renaming Kirovohrad Oblast to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast.[22] [23] The renaming was supported by the local Oblast Council in March 2021.[24] [25] The process then stalled in the parliament, with the oblast council asking the Verkhovna Rada to speed up the process in September 2022.[26]

Points of interest

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

The oblast also has a number of archaeological sites, such as Nebelivka site and Melgunov Kurgan.

Administrative divisions

See main article: Administrative divisions of Kirovohrad Oblast.

Kirovohrad Oblast
As of January 1, 2022
Number of districts (райони)4
Number of hromadas (громади)49
Raions
No.Nameclass=unsortable width=85 align="center" Coat of armsPopulation,
(2020).
Area,
km²
Density,
per km²
Administrative
center
class=unsortable width=120 MapSubdivisions
1Holovanivsk122,9524,24428.97Holovanivsk10 hromadas
2Kropyvnytskyi442,9979,70945.62Kropyvnytskyi17 hromadas
3Novoukrainka140,5395,19627Novoukrainka13 hromadas
4Oleksandriia226,7215,40541.94Oleksandriia9 hromadas

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.

Demographics

Language

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Ukrainian was the mother tongue of 88.9% of the population, for 10.0% it was Russian, and for 1.1% it was another language.

According to a survey "Is the language (ir)relevant?" (Ukrainian: "Мова (не) на часі?"), which took place in Kirovohrad Oblast from 12 to 22 October 2023, 96.7% of respondents named Ukrainian as their mother tongue, while 2.6% named Russian as their mother tongue. In everyday life, 66.4% of respondents spoke Ukrainian, 29.4% spoke Surzhyk, and 3.4% spoke Russian.[27]

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 the 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: Romanization of Ukrainian.

Facts

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Syvak. Nina. Ponomarenko. Valerii. Khodzinska. Olha. Lakeichuk. Iryna. 2011. Veklych. Lesia. scientific consultant Iryna Rudenko; reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa; translated by Olha Khodzinska. Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use. 20. 2020-10-06. United Nations Statistics Division. DerzhHeoKadastr and Kartographia. Kyiv. 978-966-475-839-7.
  2. Web site: Валовии регіональнии продукт.
  3. Web site: 5 February 2019. The Opinion of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the case of renaming the Kirovohrad oblast is given. Українське право - інформаційно-правовий портал.
  4. Антропологічний склад українського народу: етногенетичний аспект. — К.: Видавництво ім. Олени Теліги, 2001
  5. Геродот «Історія» Кн. 4. Абз. 11.
  6. Повесть временных лет, т. I. М.; Л., 1950. С. 20, 21
  7. Stryjkowski, Kronika Polska... 1846: 6—7.
  8. Брайченко Олексій. Синьоводська проблема: перспективи комплексних краєзнавчих досліджень // Синьоводська проблема у новітніх дослідженнях. — К., 2005. — С. 37.
  9. Єдине відоме на сьогодні писемне джерело, котре ясно вказує на місце будівництва замку (хроніка Йоахима та Мартина Бєльських), називає острів Малу Хортицю
  10. Громко Т. В. Семантичні особливості народної географічної термінології Центральної України (на матеріалі Кіровоградщини). — Кіровоград, 2000
  11. Яворницький Д. І. Історія запорозьких козаків. — К., 1991. — Т. І.
  12. Ключевский В. О. Происхождение крепостного права в России / В. Ключевский. — СПб., 1885.
  13. Web site: Скаржинские . 21 February 2011 .
  14. Web site: Ольгинская сельскохозяйственная школа /Ольгинско-Скаржинская сельскохозяйственная школа, Ольгинско-Скаржинское сельскохозяйственное училище/ . 31 October 2012 .
  15. Виконавчий комітет Знам'янської міської ради, Архівний відділ міської ради, Відділ внутрішньої політики міськвиконкому Чорна смуга довжиною в два роки. Книга пам'яті міста Знам'янки та смт. Знам'янка Друга Кіровоградської області — Знам'янка, 2008
  16. Олександр Рябошапка Знам'янка: залізниця, історія, люди. — Кіровоград, Цетрально-Українське видавництво, 1995 (ст. 20 — 21).
  17. Олександрія. Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні». Український інститут національної пам'яті.
  18. Історія міста. Новоукраїнська міська рада (uk-ua) . Процитовано 17 листопада 2021
  19. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075 Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols
  20. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ukraine/ Ukraine
  21. https://www.unian.info/m/politics/10160000-ukraine-s-parliament-committee-backs-renaming-of-dnipropetrovsk-kirovohrad-regions.html Ukraine's parliament committee backs renaming of Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad regions
  22. Web site: Надано Висновок Конституційного Суду України в справі щодо перейменування Кіровоградської області Конституційний Суд України. www.ccu.gov.ua. 2019-06-13.
  23. Web site: Constitutional Court Declares Bill Renaming Kirovohrad Region As Kropyvnytskyi Region Constitutional. 2019-02-06. ukranews.com. en. 2019-06-13.
  24. Web site: 2021-03-30 . Перейменування Кіровоградської області - звернення до ВРУ . . uk.
  25. Web site: Купюр . Без . 2021-04-22 . Верховна Рада відреагувала на звернення про перейменування Кіровоградщини формально Без Купюр - Новини Кропивницького і Кіровоградщини . 2023-02-04 . Без Купюр . uk.
  26. Web site: 2022-09-21 . Кіровоградська облрада закликала Верховну Раду пришвидшити перейменування області . 2023-02-04 . hromadske.ua . uk.
  27. https://suspilne.media/603693-za-cas-vijni-stavlenna-ukrainciv-do-derzavnoi-movi-pomitno-zminilosa-dani-opituvanna-sodo-movi-na-kirovogradsini/
  28. https://chrk.darg.gov.ua/_v_ukrajini_je_ozero_jake_ne_0_0_0_1124_1.htmlВ Україні є озеро, яке не має дна і ніколи не замерзає
  29. https://vk.kr.ua/putivnyk/tourist-objects/historical/5815-pamyatn-znaki-semenu-klimovskomu.html Пам’ятні знаки Семену Климовському