Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city

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• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city overview

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city coat of arms

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city flag

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad - Ukrainian spelling), Yelizavetograd, or Elizavetgrad until 1934, city and administrative center of Kirovograd region (oblast) of Ukraine.

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city map location

Kirovograd city lies along the upper Ingul River (tributary of Southern Bug River), where the latter is crossed by the Kremenchug-Odessa railway. Kirovograd city of Ukraine is railway and highway junction.

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city architecture

Kirovograd Ukraine city population - 260,000 (2007).
Kirovograd Ukraine city land area - 103 sq. km.
Kirovograd Ukraine city phone code - +380-522.
Kirovograd Ukraine city postal codes - 25000-25490.

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city views

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city history

Kirovograd city was founded as a St. Elizabeth's fortress in 1754 for defending the southern borders of Ukraine from Turks and Crimean Tatars. In 1775 Kirovograd was made a city of Yelizavetgrad and later Kirovograd became an administrative center of New Serbiya and developed as the center of a rich agricultural area.

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city churches

In 1918 the armed rising guided by bolsheviks took place in Yelizavetgrad and Soviet power was established in the city. Yelizavetgrad was renamed Zinovyevsk in 1924, Kirovo in 1936 and Kirovograd in 1939.

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city World War II monuments and memorials

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city economy

Kirovograd city retains its function as an agricultural city. In addition to food-processing industries, Kirovograd has one of the most important agricultural-machinery works in Ukraine. There are also machine-building and light industries in Kirovograd city of Ukraine.

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city streets

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city railway station

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city Ingul (Inhul) River

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city main attractions

There is a Teachers' Training institute (college), institute (college) of agricultural machinery in Kirovograd city. Kirovograd was visited by many outstanding personalities, such as A.S. Pushkin (1824), A.Mitskevich (1825), F.List (1887), A.Fet (in 50s of the 19th century).

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city Kirov monument

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city monument

Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) Ukraine city guardian

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