| Blahovishchenske | |
| Native Name: | Благовіщенське |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 48.3194°N 30.2353°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Holovanivsk Raion |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Blahovishchenske urban hromada |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 5825 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Blahovishchenske is a small city in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Blahovishchenske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population:
There is a railway station in Blahovishchenske.
It was a settlement in Podolian Governorate of Russian Empire.
A local newspaper is published here since 1935.[2]
City since 1974.[3]
The population as of 1989 was 10648 people.[4]
On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Ulianovka as Blahovishchenske and conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[5]
Until 18 July 2020, Blahovishchenske was the administrative center of Blahovishchenske Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Blahovishchenske Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.[6] [7]