1.

Kropyvnytskyi is a city located in the centre of Ukraine.

2. Itis the administrative center of the Kirovograd Oblast and a center of
industry and culture.
3. Itissaidthatthe citybeganin1754withtheconstructionof St.
Elizabeth'sFortresson thelandoftheformerZaporizhkaSichonthe
upperreachesof theInflu,Sukhokhraya,andByankaRivers;in1754,the
fortresswas builtatthe will ofEmpressElisabethof Russia,andin1739, the
Belgrade Peace Treaty The cityplayedanimportantrole in the new lands
added to Russia by the1739Peace
TreatyofBelgrade;in1764itbecamethecenterof theElisabethProvince, and in
1784
thecentralcityofthedistrict,renamedYelisavetgradinhonorofthefortress.

4. In the 19th century,Yelisavetgradbecame an

importanttradecenterandalsoacenter ofUkrainianculturewith the first
professionaltheatercompany.
5. Kropyvnytskyi has changed its names 5 times. 1)Yelisavetgrad, 2)Zinovievsk, 3) Kirovo,
4) Kirovohrad, 5) Kropyvnytskyi .
6. Oleksandr Pashutin served a smayor. Under his rule, the city developed in
the fields of education and medicine. A water supply system and several
public buildings were also constructed.Citizensgot the first tramway and
several markets. The most famous architects were Y. Pauchenko, A.
Dostoyevskyi, O. Lishnevskyi.
7.  Famous scholars gave lectures V. Hryhorovych, V. Yastrebov.
8. Our region was connected with V. Vynnychenko, Y. Malanyuk, I. Tamm, G. Langeman,
Y. Meytus, G. Neigauz, O. Osmiorkin, A. Tarkovskyi, Y. Chykalenko, K. Shymanovskyi,
Y. Yanovskyi.