Ulianovka

Blahovishchenske

Blahovishchenske

City in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

Blahovishchenske (Ukrainian: Благовіщенське) is a small city in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Blahovishchenske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 5,825 (2022 estimate).[2]

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There is a railway station in Blahovishchenske.[3]

History

It was a settlement in Podolian Governorate of Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since 1935.[4]

City since 1974.[3]

The population as of 1989 was 10648 people.[5][3]

On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Ulianovka as Blahovishchenske and conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[6]

Native language of Ulianovka residents according to 2001 census

Until 18 July 2020, Blahovishchenske was the administrative center of Blahovishchenske Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Blahovishchenske Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.[7][8]

Former names

  • 1924–2016 – Ulianovka (Ukrainian: Ульяновка).[3]
  • since 2016 – Blahovishchenske.

References

  1. [1]
    "Благовещенская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. [2]
    Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    Ульяновка // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.525
  4. [4]
    № 2871. Ленинец // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.377
  5. [5]
    Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  6. [6]
    "Рада перейменувала Дніпродзержинськ на Кам'янське" (in Ukrainian). Українські Національні Новини. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  8. [8]
    "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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