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{{short description|Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia}}
{{For|the city in Ukraine formerly known as Kirovohrad|Kropyvnytskyi}}

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'''Kirovgrad''' ({{langx|ru|Кировград}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], [[Russia]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=21,035|p2002=23,197|p1989=25,598}}

==History==
[[File:Кировград - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|Churches]]
The settlement '''Kalatay''' (Kala-ata in Turkic means "father's place") was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} In 1932, it was given its present name; after [[Sergey Kirov]], a prominent [[Bolshevik]].{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of the administrative divisions]], it is, together with the [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] of [[Verkhny Tagil]] and ten rural localities, incorporated as the '''[[City of federal subject significance|Town]] of Kirovgrad'''<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|65 453}}</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Sverdlovsk Oblast|districts]].<ref name="SverdlovskO_adm">Law #30-OZ</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Kirovgrad and eight rural localities are incorporated as '''Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun">Law #85-OZ</ref> The town of Verkhny Tagil, together with two other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" />

==Notable people==
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*[[Galina Kurlyandskaya]] (born 1961), Russian physicist

==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
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{{Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast]]