Novomyrhorod ( uk, Новомиргород; ro, Novomîrhorod; russian: Новоми́ргород) is a
city
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in
Novoukrainka Raion
Novoukrainka Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Novoukrainka. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number o ...
,
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
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...
) of central
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, in the southern part of the Middle Dnieper area. It hosts the administration of
Novomyrhorod urban hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
The population of Novomyrhorod is approximately .
Novomyrhorod is situated on the banks of the
Velyka Vys
The Velyka Vys () is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the Synyukha, in the basin of the Southern Bug. It is long and its basin area is . River.
Name and history
The name literally means "New
Myrhorod
Myrhorod ( uk, Ми́ргород, ) is a city in the Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorod Raion (district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast s ...
" or "new peace town".
Between 1752 and 1764, Novomyrhorod was the capital of
New Serbia, a military frontier established by the
Russian Empire
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that had an ethnic
Serbian majority.
Since 1802 it was a town in
Kherson Governorate
The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922; russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: ''Khersonskaya guberniya''; uk, Херсонська губернія, translit=Khersonska huberniia), was an administrative territorial unit (als ...
of Russian Empire.
Since 1923 Novomyrhorod was the district center of Yelysavethradsky District,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
.
City since 1960.
[Новомиргород // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.41]
In 1989 population was 16 349 people.
In 2013 population was 11 569 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Novomyrhorod was the administrative center of
Novomyrhorod Raion
Novomyrhorod Raion was a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Novomyrhorod. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the ...
. 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 Novomyrhorod Raion was merged into Novoukrainka Raion.
Notable people
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Stepan Kozhumyaka (1898–1989), Ukrainian engineer, bridge-builder and linguist
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Viacheslav Petrov
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(b. 1994), Ukrainian professional basketball player
Gallery
Image:New serbia slavo serbia.png, Location of Novomyrhorod and former New Serbia
Image:Новомиргородський вокзал.JPG, Novomyrhorod railway station
Image:Entering Novomyrhorod.jpg, Entering the Novomyrhorod from the Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast.
Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its nam ...
's side
See also
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Zlatopol
Zlatopil ( uk, Златопіль; also as the Russian transliteration Zlatopol) was a small city in Ukraine, located about 67 km northwest of Kropyvnytskyi.
History
The name of this village before 1787 was Hulajpol. During the partitions ...
— former town, Jewish
shtetl
A shtetl or shtetel (; yi, שטעטל, translit=shtetl (singular); שטעטלעך, romanized: ''shtetlekh'' (plural)) is a Yiddish term for the small towns with predominantly Ashkenazi Jewish populations which existed in Eastern Europe before ...
, now it is a part of Novomyrhorod.
References
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Cities in Kirovohrad Oblast
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd
Slavo-Serbia