Kirovgrad () is a
town
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in
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblastʹ, p=svʲɪrdˈlofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the c ...
,
Russia
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. Population:
History
The settlement Kalatay (Kala-ata in Turkic means "father's place") was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675. In 1932, it was given its present name; after
Sergey Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov (born Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russ ...
, a prominent
Bolshevik
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.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the
town
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of
Verkhny Tagil
Verkhny Tagil () is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Kirovgrad in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Tagil River (Tobol's basin), northwest of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of ...
and ten rural localities, incorporated as the
Town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of Kirovgrad
—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #30-OZ] As a
municipal division, Kirovgrad and eight rural localities are incorporated as Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #85-OZ] The town of Verkhny Tagil, together with two other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug.
Notable people
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Galina Kurlyandskaya (born 1961), Russian physicist
References
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Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast