Kropyvnytskyi

Kropyvnytskyi ) a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river, functions as the administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Population: 225,339 .

Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name several times. The settlement was known as Yelisavetgrad after Empress Elizabeth of Russia from 1752 to 1924 as well as simply Elysavet. In 1924 it became Zinovyevsk in honour of the Bolshevik revolutionary and Politburo member Grigory Zinoviev , who was born there. Following the assassination of the First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party Sergei Kirov , the town was renamed Kirovo in Kirov's honour on 7 December 1934 - a name-change similar to those of numerous other localities throughout the USSR . Concurrently with the formation of the Kirovohrad Oblast on 10 January 1939, and to distinguish it from the Kirov Oblast in central Russia, Kirovo was renamed Kirovohrad , a name it maintained until 2016. Due to mandated decommunization the name of the city then changed to Kropyvnytskyi, in honour of the writer, actor and playwright Marko Kropyvnytskyi , who was born near the city. However the Kirovohrad Oblast was not renamed because it is mentioned in the Constitution of Ukraine - only a constitutional amendment could change the name of the oblast.

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