En Name: | Kirovgrad |
Ru Name: | Кировград |
Coordinates: | 57.435°N 60.0561°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kirovgrad (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | 2011 |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Kirovgrad |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Town of Kirovgrad |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2009 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 21035 |
Established Date: | 1661, 1663, or 1675 |
Prev Name1: | Kalatay |
Prev Name1 Date: | 1932 |
Date: | November 2012 |
Kirovgrad (Russian: Кировград) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population:
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, a prominent Bolshevik.
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the town of Verkhny Tagil and ten rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Kirovgrad—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Kirovgrad and eight rural localities are incorporated as Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug.[2] The town of Verkhny Tagil, together with two other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug.