Kirovohrad Oblast
Template:Infobox oblast Kirovohrad Oblast (Template:Lang-uk, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; also referred to as Kirovohradshchyna - Template:Lang-uk) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kirovohrad.
Geography
The area of the province is 24,600 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.1 million.
History
The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 10, 1939.
Between 1752 and 1764, the Kirovohrad Oblast was a territory of Imperial Russia named Nova Serbia, and existed in this area with an administrative seat in Novomyrhorod.
Subdivisions
The Kirovohrad Oblast is administratively subdivided into 21 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, and the administrative center of the oblast, Kirovohrad.
| In English | In Ukrainian | Administrative Center | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobrynetskyi Raion | Бобринецький район Bobrynets'kyi raion |
Bobrynets (City) | |
| Dobrovelychkivskyi Raion | Добровеличківський район Dobrovelychkivs'kyi raion |
Dobrovelychkivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Dolynskyi Raion | Долинський район Dolyns'kyi raion |
Dolynska (City) | |
| Haivoronskyi Raion | Гайворонський район Haivorons'kyi raion |
Haivoron (City) | |
| Holovanivskyi Raion | Голованівський район Holovanivs'kyi raion |
Holovanivsk (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Kirovohradskyi Raion | Кіровоградський район Kirovohrads'kyi raion |
Kirovohrad (City) | |
| Kompaniivskyi Raion | Компаніївський район Kompaniyivs'kyi raion |
Kompaniivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Malovyskivskyi Raion | Маловисківський район Malovyskivs'kyi raion |
Mala Vyska (City) | |
| Novhorodkivskyi Raion | Новгородківський район Novhorodkivs'kyi raion |
Novhorodka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Novoarkhanhelskyi Raion | Новоархангельський район Novoarkhanhel's'kyi raion |
Novoarkhanhelsk (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Novomyrhorodskyi Raion | Новомиргородський район Novomyrhorods'kyi raion |
Novomyrhorod (City) | |
| Novoukrainskyi Raion | Новоукраїнський район Novoukrains'kyi raion |
Novoukrainka (City) | |
| Oleksandrivskyi Raion | Олександрівський район Oleksandrivs'kyi raion |
Oleksandrivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Oleksandriyskyi Raion | Олександрійський район Oleksandriys'kyi raion |
Oleksandriia (City) | |
| Onufriivskyi Raion | Онуфріївський район Onufriyivs'kyi raion |
Onufriivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Petrivskyi Raion | Петрівський район Petrivs'kyi raion |
Petrove (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Svitlovodskyi Raion | Світловодський район Svitlovods'kyi raion |
Svitlovodsk (City) | |
| Ulianovskyi Raion | Ульяновський район Ul'yanovs'kyi raion |
Ulianivka (City) | |
| Ustynivskyi Raion | Устинівський район Ustynivs'kyi raion |
Ustynivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Vilshanskyi Raion | Вільшанський район Vilshans'kyi raion |
Vilshanka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Znamianskyi Raion | Знам'янський район Znamyans'kyi raion |
Znamianka (City) |
Nomenclature
Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Template:Lang-uk, 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 is 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
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