Haivoron ( uk, Гайворон) is a town in
Holovanivsk Raion,
Kirovohrad Oblast
Kirovohrad Oblast ( uk, Кіровоградська область, translit=Kirovohradska oblast; also referred to as Kirovohradschyna — uk, Кіровоградщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the ...
(
region
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) of
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Haivoron urban hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Population:
Haivoron is situated on the
Southern Bug.
[Гайворон // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 10. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1952. стр.103][Гайворон // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 6. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1971. стр.46]
History
Former village in Gaysin
uyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
in
Podolian Governorate
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of the
Russian Empire
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.
In 1897 - 1898 a locomotive repair plant was built here.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops from July 29, 1941 to March 11, 1944.
Town since 1949.
[Гайворон // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.267]
In 1974, the technical school
was transformed into a
technical college
An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...
.
In January 1989 population was 16 520 people.
Also, in 1989 a new school was built here.
In 2013 population was 15 214 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Haivoron was the administrative center of
Haivoron 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 Haivoron Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.
Climate
References
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Cities in Kirovohrad Oblast
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Populated places on the Southern Bug