Dobrovelychkivka () is a

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, southern

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. Dobrovelychkivka hosts the administration of , one of the

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s of Ukraine. The population of the settlement is It hosts a regional

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on Wednesday and Friday mornings, and is noted for being the purported geographical center of Ukraine.

History

The settlement was founded as a khutir in 1776 by Major Velychkivskyi who sold it next year to poruchik Revutskyi. Until 1883 it was known as Revutske. Until

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, in the settlement existed a female teacher seminary, which in 1916 graduated a wife of

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. Dobrovelychkivka was occupied by

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on 1 August 1941 during

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homes were soon registered and marked with

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. In late December 1941, all Jews from the town were taken to the village of Maryevka and shot to death. Dobrovelychkivka was liberated from Nazi Germany by the

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on 17 March 1944. Until 18 July 2020, Dobrovelychkivka was the administrative center of Dobrovelychkivka 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 Dobrovelychkivka Raion was merged into Novoukrainka Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Dobrovelychkivka was designated

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. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dobrovelychkivka became a rural settlement.

References

{{Coord, 48, 23, N, 31, 11, E, region:UA_type:city, display=title Rural settlements in Novoukrainka Raion Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd