Editing Kropyvnytskyi (section)

{{Short description|City in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{redirect|Kirovograd}}
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| nickname           = Little Paris (used in historical context)
| motto              = With peace and goodness
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| subdivision_name   = {{Flagu|Ukraine}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kirovohrad Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Kropyvnytskyi Raion]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Hromada]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Kropyvnytskyi urban hromada]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1754
| established_title1 = City rights
| established_date1  = 1765, 1782
| leader_title       = [[List of mayors of Kropyvnytskyi|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Vacant<ref name="raykovich-mer-n1471125">{{cite news |url=https://vybory.24tv.ua/andriy-raykovich-mer-kropivnitskogo-kirovogradshhina-biografiya_n1471125 |script-title=uk:Ковбасний магнат, який всім догодив: хто такий Андрій Райкович |trans-title=Sausage tycoon who pleased everyone: who is Andriy Raykovych |work=[[:uk:24 (телеканал)|24 Kanal]] |date=30 November 2020 |access-date=30 November 2020 |language=uk}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2     = 103
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| population_total   = 219676
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| elevation_m        = 124
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 25000-490
| area_code          = +380 522
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'''Kropyvnytskyi''' ({{langx|uk|Кропивницький}}, {{IPA|uk|kropɪu̯ˈnɪtsʲkɪj|IPA|uk-Кропивницький.ogg}}) is a city in central [[Ukraine]], situated on the [[Inhul|Inhul River]]. It serves as the administrative center of [[Kirovohrad Oblast]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|219,676|.}}

Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name several times. The settlement was known as '''Yelysavethrad'''{{efn|{{langx|uk|Єлисаветград}}, {{IPA|uk|jelɪsɑwɛtˈɦrɑd|IPA}}; {{langx|ru|Елисаветград|Yelisavetgrad}}.}} after Empress [[Elizabeth of Russia]] from 1752 to 1924, or simply '''Elysavet'''.<ref>Mikhail Levchenko. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=cjcsAAAAYAAJ&dq=%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0&pg=PA188 Hanshchyna (Ганьщина Україна)]''. Opyt russko-ukrainskago slovari︠a︡. Tip. Gubernskago upravlenii︠a︡, 1874.</ref> In 1924, as part of the [[Soviet Union]], it became known as '''Zinovievsk'''{{efn|{{langx|uk|Зінов'євськ}}, {{IPA|uk|zʲinɔu̯ˈjeu̯sʲk|IPA}}.}} after the revolutionary [[Grigory Zinoviev]], who was born there. Following the assassination of [[Sergei Kirov]] in 1934, the town was renamed '''Kirovo'''.{{efn|{{langx|uk|Кірово}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈkirowɔ|IPA}}.}}

Concurrently with the formation of [[Kirovohrad Oblast]] on 10 January 1939, and to distinguish it from [[Kirov Oblast]] in central Russia, Kirovo was renamed '''Kirovohrad'''.{{efn|{{langx|uk|Кіровоград}}, {{IPA|uk|kirowɔˈɦrɑd|IPA}}.}}<ref name="KcbK16QQ" /> As part of independent Ukraine, the name of the city was then changed to ''Kropyvnytskyi'' in 2016 due to [[Decommunization in Ukraine|decommunization laws]], in honour of [[Marko Kropyvnytskyi]], who was born near the city.<ref name="KcbK16QQ">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075 Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols], [[BBC News]] (14 April 2015)<br />{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/14/7114702/ Verkhovna Rada renamed Kirovograd], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (14 July 2016)</ref> However, 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.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ukraine/ Ukraine], [[The World Factbook]].
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