Kirovohradsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)
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- Chabanenko, V. V. Proslavleni u vikakh, 1983:t.p. (Kirovohradsʹkoï oblasti)
- Nat. Geogr. Soc. Russia and newly independent states of former USSR [MAP] March, 1993:(Ukraine: Oblastʹ Kirovohrad)
- SSSR, admin.-territ. delenie, 1977:p. 302 (Kirovogradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ; established 01-10-1939)
- Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 5, p. 204 (Kirovohradsʹka oblastʹ; established 01-10-39)
- Encyc. of Ukraine:v. 2, p. 559-560 (Kirovohrad Oblast. From the 9th to 14th cent. northern parts of this oblast belonged to Kievan Rus. The territory then came under Lithuanian rule in 1362 and Polish rule by 1567. In 1739 Russia acquirednominal rule over this territory and in 1752 created a region which they called New Serbia [no publs. in LC data base], for Balkan military settlers. Under Soviet rule the territory was divided at first into 6 okruhas in 1925, and in 1932divided between Kiev and Odesa oblasts. In 1939 some raions of the Odesa oblast were transferred to the newly restructured Dnipropetrovska oblast and the new Mykolaivska oblast. In 1939 the Kirovohrad oblast itself was established)
- LC data base, 07-22-93(hdg.: Kirovogradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Ukraine); usage: Kirovogradska oblast, Kirovogradskoĭ oblasti) LC PreMARC file (hdg.: Kirovograd (Province); usage: Kirovorad Province, Kirovohradsʹkoï oblasti)
- Kirovohradsʹka oblastʹ, 1972:t.p., introd. (Kirovohradsʹka oblastʹ, fortress of Sv. I︠E︡lysavety named Nova Serbii︠a︡ [no publs. in LC data base] by middle of 18th cent.)
- Ukraïna [MAP] 1992:(Kirovohradsʹka oblastʹ)
- Telephone call to BGN, 3/28/86(approved form: Kirovogradskaya Oblastʹ; 2nd order adm. div.; 48p0s 30ʹN, 32p0s 00ʹE; no variants)
Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, romanized: Kirovohradska oblast), also known as Kirovohradshchyna (Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина), is an oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi. Its population is 903,712 (2022 estimate). 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 (Ukrainian: Кропивницька область, romanized: Kropyvnytska oblast, unofficially Kropyvnychchyna (Ukrainian: Кропивниччина)). The change is not yet implemented. The largest cities of the region are Kropyvnytskyi, Oleksandriia, Znamianka and Svitlovodsk.
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