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Kirovograd

American  
[ki-roh-vuh-grad, kyi-ruh-vuh-graht] / kɪˈroʊ vəˌgræd, kyɪ rə vʌˈgrɑt /
Russian Kirovohrad

noun

  1. the former Russian name of Kropyvnytskyi.


Kirovograd British  
/ kirəvaˈɡrat /

noun

  1. Former names: Yelisavetgrad.   Zinovievsk.  a city in S central Ukraine on the Ingul River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural area. Pop: 250 000 (2005 est)

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Local officials also reported missile strikes in the Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and Kirovograd regions.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2022

The same month, the Chinese company Chengxin Lithium also applied for rights to lithium deposits in Donetsk and Kirovograd, according to news media reports, a move that would give it its first foothold in Europe.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

To General Ivan Konev's Second Ukrainian Army fell Kirovograd, a station on a trunk railway leading westward from the far end of the Dnieper Bend.

From Time Magazine Archive

In recaptured Kirovograd, a woman reverently kissed a Red tank caterpillar.

From Time Magazine Archive