Elisabetgrad

Kropyvnytskyi Кропивницький
City of regional significance
Inhul River in Kropyvnytskyi
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Little Paris (used in historical context)
Motto: With peace and goodness
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Coordinates: 48°30′0″N 32°16′0″E / 48.50000°N 32.26667°E / 48.50000; 32.26667Coordinates: 48°30′0″N 32°16′0″E / 48.50000°N 32.26667°E / 48.50000; 32.26667
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine  Kirovohrad Oblast City municipality
Founded	1754
City rights	1765, 1782
Government
• Mayor	Andriy Raykovych
Area
• City of regional significance	103 km2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation	124 m (407 ft)
Population (2013)
• City of regional significance	234,322
• Density	2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
• Metro	242,919
Postal code	25000-490
Area code(s)	+380 522
Sister cities (Bulgaria)	Dobrich
Website	kr-rada.gov.ua

Kropyvnytskyi (Ukrainian: Кропивницький, translit. Kropyvnyc'kyj [krɔpɪu̯ˈnɪt͡sʲkɪi̯]) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river, and is the administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Population: 232 052 (2015 est.).

Between 1939 and 2016 it was called Kirovohrad (Ukrainian: Кіровогра́д [kirɔwɔˈɦrɑd]; Russian: Кировогра́д, translit. Kirovograd) after the First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Sergei Kirov. Earlier names included Yelisavetgrad (Ukrainian: Єлисаветград, translit. Jelisavethrad) and Zinovyevsk (Ukrainian: Зінов'євськ, translit. Zinov"jec'k).