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Kirovohrad
Kirovohrad, Ukraine Yelizavetgrad, Zinovyevsk, Kirovo, Kirovograd A province and a city which was founded as a fortress in 1754. In 1765 it was named ‘Elizabeth's Town’ after Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1741–62). In 1924–36 it was named after Grigoriy Zinoviev (1883–1936), Bolshevik revolutionary, chairman of the Comintern (1919–26), and one of Lenin's† principal colleagues, whose birthplace this was. In 1936 it was renamed Kirovo and three years later Kirovograd ‘Kirov's Town’ after Sergey Kirov†, for complicity in whose murder Zinoviev was executed. The present name is the Ukrainian spelling of the Russian Kirovograd. Because there was already a city called Kirovgrad, an extra o was inserted.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kirovohrad." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kirovohrad." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kirovohrad.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kirovohrad." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kirovohrad.html |
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Kirovohrad
Kirovohrad , Rus. Kirovograd, city (1989 pop. 269,000), capital of Kirovohrad region, Ukraine, on the Inhul River. It is an agricultural trade center, with a large farm machinery plant. Other industries include food processing and the manufacture of agricultural machinery. Founded as a fortress in 1754, it was named Yelisavetgrad for Empress Elizabeth. Between 1881 and 1919 it was the scene of several pogroms. It was renamed Zinovievsk in 1924, Kirovo in 1936, and Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) in 1939. |
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"Kirovohrad." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kirovohrad." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kirovohr.html "Kirovohrad." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kirovohr.html |
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