Editing Kropyvnytskyi (section)

=== Kropyvnytskyi ===

Since 1991 numerous discussions had been held on the city's name. A number of activists supported returning the city to its original name, Yelisavetgrad (or now '''Yelysavethrad''' in [[Romanization of Ukrainian|Ukrainian transcription]]). Other suggestions for contemporary Ukraine included ''Tobilevychi'' (in honour of the {{ill|Tobilevych family|uk|Тобілевичі}}, the Coryphaei of the classic Ukrainian drama established in Yelysavethrad in 1882); ''Zlatopil'' ({{langx|uk|Златопіль}}; from Ukrainian "золоте поле", literally "golden field", in reference to wheat fields; there are several places in Ukraine with this name), and ''Stepohrad'', Ukrainian for "city of [[steppe]]s" (in recognition of the agricultural status of the city); ''Ukrainsk'' or ''Ukrainoslav'', i.e. "the glorifying Ukraine one;" and ''Novokozachyn'' (to commemorate the semi-famous [[Cossacks|Cossack]] regiment which could have been quartered at the present-day city location).{{cn|date=May 2025}}

The President of Ukraine, [[Petro Poroshenko]], signed the bill on [[decommunization in Ukraine]] on 15 May 2015, which required places associated with the [[Ukrainian SSR|communist past]] to be renamed within a six-month period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/265988.html|title=Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> On 25 October 2015 (during [[2015 Ukrainian local elections|local elections]]) 76.6% of the Kirovohrad voters voted for renaming the city to Yelysavethrad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/299070.html|title=77% of Kirovograd residents favor return of city's name of Yelisavetgrad - media|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> A draft law at the time before the Ukrainian parliament would prohibit any names associated with Russian history since the 14th century, which would make the name Yelysavethrad inadmissible as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/10/ukrainian-parliament-introduced-bill-to.html|title=Ukrainian Parliament introduced a bill to ban all Russian geographic names starting from the XIV century|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104221/http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/10/ukrainian-parliament-introduced-bill-to.html|archive-date=24 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> A committee of the [[Verkhovna Rada]] (Ukraine's parliament) chose the name Inhulsk on 23 December 2015. This name is a reference to the nearby [[Inhul]] river.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censor.net.ua/news/366441/komitet_rady_predlagaet_pereimenovat_kirovograd_v_ingulsk_vyatrovich|publisher=Censor|title=Комитет Рады предлагает переименовать Кировоград в Ингульск, - Вятрович|date=23 December 2015 }}</ref> On 31 March 2016 the Verkhovna Rada Committee for Nation Building, Regional Politics and Local Self-Government recommended to parliament to rename Kirovohrad to Kropyvnytskyi.<ref name="Kropyvnytskyi city 31316">{{in lang|uk}} [http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7103998/ Profile Committee of the Council decided on a new name for Kirovohrad], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (31 March 2016)</ref> This name is a reference to writer, actor and playwright [[Marko Kropyvnytskyi]], who was born near the city.<ref name="Kropyvnytskyi city 31316"/> On 14 July 2016, the name of the city was finally changed to Kropyvnytskyi.<ref name=nnotk/><ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/14/7114702/ Verkhovna Rada renamed Kirovograd], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (14 July 2016)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=58393|title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>