Historical information about Kirovohrad region

Kirovograd region is a region in the central part of Ukraine. Its area is 24.6 thousand square kilometers, i.e. it occupies 4.1% of the country's territory. As of January 01, 2021, the population of the region amounted to 920.1 thousand people. The region is located between the Dnipro and the Southern Bug rivers in the south of the Prydniprovska Upland on the border of forest-steppe and steppe. Almost all of the region's territory (except for Vlasivka) is located on the right bank of the Dnipro River. It borders Cherkasy region to the north, Poltava region to the northeast, Dnipro region to the east and southeast, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions to the south, and Vinnytsia region to the west. According to one version, the geographical center of Ukraine is located near Dobrovelychkivka. The climate is temperate continental. There are 438 rivers flowing through the region, the largest of which are: Ingulets, Ingul, Sinyukha, and Dnipro. More than 300 deposits of various minerals have been discovered in the region. The region has a favorable geographical location and a well-developed transportation network - rail, road, air, and water. Kirovohrad region has one of the most significant historical and cultural potentials in Ukraine and is interesting and attractive for tourism.

The Kirovohrad oblast was formed by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on January 10, 1939, along with Zaporizhzhia and Sumy oblasts, as part of the Ukrainian SSR. The Decree read: "To approve the proposal of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR to form the Kirovohrad Oblast with its center in Kirovo. Kirovo with the renaming of the city of Kirovo to Kirovohrad. The Decree was signed by Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and Oleksandr Gorkin, Secretary of the Presidium.

According to this Decree, Kirovohrad region includes: Kirovohrad city, Ajamskyi, Bobrynetskyi, Vityazivskyi, Dolynskyi, Yelisavethradskyi, Znamianskyi, Kirovohradskyi rural, Kompaniivskyi, Novhorodskyi, Novoprazhskyi, Oleksandriia, Petrivskyi, Ustynivskyi districts of Mykolaiv region; Velykovyske, Dobrovelychkivske, Malovyske, Novoarkhangelske, Novomyrhorodske, Novoukrainske, Pishchanobridske, Rivnianske, Tyshkivske, Khmelivske districts of Odesa region; Zlatopil, Kamianske, Oleksandrivske, Pidvysotskyi, Chyhyrynskyi districts of Kyiv region; Novohorhiivskyi and Onufriivskyi districts of Poltava region. Thus, since the formation of our region, its administrative structure has consisted of 30 districts and Kirovohrad as a city of regional significance.

During the German occupation of 1941-1944, the Kirovohrad region was divided into hebits (districts), which became part of the Mykolaiv General District (Generalbiet), subordinated to the Reich Commissariat of Ukraine, centered in the city of Rivne. Hebit commissariats were located in Bobrynka, Haivoron, Dolynska, Kirovohrad, Novomyrhorod, Oleksandrivka, Oleksandria, and Haivoron. Each hebit consisted of four to five districts: Bobrynets - from Bobrynets, Rivne, Ustynivka, and Vityaziv districts; Haivoroni - from Haivoroni, Holovanivka, Hrushky (Ulyanovsk), Novoarkhangelsk, and Pidvysotsk districts; Dolyn - from Dolyn, Novoprag, Novhorod, and Petriv districts; Kirovohrad - from Kirovohrad, Adzham, and Novhorod; from Kirovohrad, Adzham, Velykovyske and Kompaniyivka; Novomyrhorodskyi from Novomyrhorod, Khmelivka, Malovyske, Novoukrainske and Zlatopilskyi; Oleksandrivskyi from Oleksandrivske, Yelyzavetgradka, Kamianske and Chyhyryn; Oleksandriyskyi from Oleksandriy, Onufriyivka and Znamianske. Dobrovelychkivskyi, Pishchano-Bridskyi and Tyshkivskyi districts were part of the Pervomaiskyi hebit. In addition, a part of the Haivoron district (right-bank relative to the Southern Bug) was in Transnistria, an occupied territory subordinated to the Romanian command.

The Chervonokamianskyi district was separated from the Oleksandriia district according to the Resolution of the Organizing Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR for the Kirovohrad region of January 28, 1939, "On the disaggregation of the Oleksandriia district," but the corresponding Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was issued only on January 17, 1945, so it does not appear in the documents of the war period.

In 1953, the Great Soviet Encyclopedia presents the composition of the Kirovohrad region as 31 districts. This structure of the region remained in place until 1954.

In January 1954, on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 7, 1954, on the creation of the Cherkasy region, Zlatopil and Kamianske districts were transferred to the new region. In February 1954, according to the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 12, 1954, Chyhyryn district was transferred to the Cherkasy region, and Vilshany, Haivoron, Holovaniv, and Ulyanovsk (formerly Hruskivka) districts of the Odesa region were transferred to the Kirovohrad region.

According to the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, the districts of the region were consolidated, namely: On June 7, 1957, the Tyshkiv district was liquidated and its territory became part of the Dobrovelychkiv district; on September 25, 1958, the Kirovohrad, Malovyske, and Novomyrhorod districts were consolidated at the expense of the territory of the village councils of the liquidated Velykovyske district; on January 16, 1959, the Ajam district was liquidated and its territory became part of the Kirovohrad district; On January 21, 1959, the Chervonokamianskyi district was liquidated and the territory became part of the Oleksandriia district; on July 17, 1959, the Pidvysotskyi district was liquidated and the territory was divided between the Holovanivskyi and Novoarkhangelskyi districts; On November 12, 1959, Vityazovsky, Elizavetgradsky and Pishchanobridsky districts were liquidated; the territories of the village councils of these districts, depending on their location, were transferred to Bobrynets, Vilshany, Znamiansky, Kirovohrad, Novoukrainsky, Oleksandrivsky and Rivne districts; On November 12, 1959, the Novomyrhorod district was enlarged by the city of Zlatopil and the territory of nine village councils of the former Zlatopil district of Cherkasy region; on December 30, 1959, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, the Pasterska village council of the Kamianske district of Cherkasy region was transferred to the Novomyrhorod district; at the end of 1962, the Kirovohrad region consisted of 24 districts.

According to the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of December 30, 1962, the districts of the region were further consolidated, resulting in the liquidation of 12 districts: Vilshany, Haivoron, Holovaniv, Kompaniivka, Znamianka, Novhorod, Novomyrhorod, Novopraha, Onufriyivka, Rivne, Ustynivka, and Khmelivka, and their territory became part of the 12 enlarged districts; Bobrynets, Dobrovelychkiv, Dolyna, Kirovohrad, Kremgesiv (formerly Novoheorhiiv), Malovisky, Novoarkhangelsk, Novoukrainsk, Oleksandrivka, Oleksandriya, Petrivsk and Ulyanovsk districts.

The Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of January 4, 1965, disaggregated the districts of Kirovohrad oblast; instead of 12 districts, 18 were created: Bobrynets, Haivoron, Holovaniv, Dobrovelychkiv, Dolyn, Znamiansk, Kirovohrad, Kompaniiv, Kremgesiv, Maloviskiv, Novhorod, Novoarkhangel, Novomyrhorod, Novoukrainsk, Oleksandriv, Oleksandriia, Petrivsk, and Ulianivsk districts. In 1967, the Vilshany, Onufriyivka, and Ustynivka districts were restored.

In 1969, the city of Kremges (until 1832 with a break in 1795-1806 - Krylov, then, before it was moved to a new location - Novogeorgievsk, since 1954 - the village of hydro builders, in 1955-1961 - Khrushchev; Khrushchev village, in 1961-1962 – Khrushchev city, since 1962 – Kremges) was renamed to Svitlovodsk, Kremges district, respectively, to Svitlovodsk.

The boundaries of the Kirovohrad region were finally determined in 1960, and the territorial and administrative structure was finalized in 1968. Further minor land redistributions took place only at the level of village councils.

Thus, on December 29, 1998, the administrative-territorial unit Yosypivka village council was separated from Petrivka village council of Petrivka district. By the decision of the regional council of July 25, 2008, the Lisivske village council of Oleksandrivka district was formed on the basis of the former military town of Kirovohrad-25.