Kirovohrad Oblast ( Ukrainian : Кіровоградська область , romanized : Kirovohradska oblast ), also known as Kirovohradshchyna ( Ukrainian : Кіровоградщина ), is an oblast ( province ) in central Ukraine . The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi . Its population is 903,712 (2022 estimate). It is Ukraine's second least populated oblast, behind Chernivtsi .
33-486: In 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine approved the change of the oblast's name to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast ( Ukrainian : Кропивницька область , romanized : Kropyvnytska oblast , unofficially Kropyvnychchyna ( Ukrainian : Кропивниччина )). The change is not yet implemented. The largest cities of the region are Kropyvnytskyi , Oleksandriia , Znamianka and Svitlovodsk . The area of
66-487: A second time, issued another decree dismissing the two Constitutional Court Judges Syuzanna Stanik and Valeriy Pshenychnyy . On 17 May, the Constitutional Court chairman Ivan Dombrovskyy resigned and was replaced by Valeriy Pshenychnyy . On 23 May, The Constitutional Court of Ukraine acted to prevent the president's undue influence on the court system. The court's ruling was made after Viktor Yushchenko
99-811: Is a relative adjective , formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of the respective center city: Kirovohrad was the former name of the center of the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna . Constitutional Court of Ukraine The Constitutional Court of Ukraine ( Ukrainian : Конституційний Суд України , romanized : Konstytutsiinyi Sud Ukrainy , pronounced [kɔnstetʊˈt͡sʲii̯nei̯ sud ʊkrɐˈjine] )
132-532: Is the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction in Ukraine. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine interprets the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of laws and other legal acts. The Court initiated its activity on 18 October 1996. The first Court ruling was made on 13 May 1997. On urgent matters the Constitutional Court rules within weeks, but on matters deemed less urgent it can take months. Decisions of
165-741: The 2020 Ukrainian constitutional crisis . 50°26′03″N 30°30′51″E / 50.43417°N 30.51417°E / 50.43417; 30.51417 Leningrad City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union From Misplaced Pages, the 💕 The Leningrad City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , commonly referred to as the Leningrad CPSU gorkom ,
198-455: The 2020 Ukrainian constitutional crisis . This decision de facto invalidated much of Ukraine's 2014 anti- corruption reform as unconstitutional . On 29 December 2020 President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended the courts chairperson Oleksandr Tupytskyi for two months in an effort to end the crisis. On 26 February 2021 President Zelensky signed a decree that suspended chairperson Tupytskyi for another month. On 27 March 2021 Zelensky annulled
231-720: The Golden Horde at the end of the 15th century. For this, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky founded the first Zaporozhian Sich on the island of Khortytsia , thus the Ukrainian Cossacs appeared. On the territory of the modern Kirovohrad region the Zaporozhians founded many villages. From 1569, the territory formed of the Kingdom of Poland within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . These lands were under
264-690: The Verkhovna Rada . On 20 June 2018, the Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government of the Ukrainian parliament backed the proposal to rename Kirovohrad Oblast to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast . In February 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine declared constitutional the bill on renaming Kirovohrad Oblast to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast. The renaming was supported by the local Oblast Council in March 2021. The process then stalled in
297-417: The regular Ukrainian courts . The authority of the Constitutional Court is derived from Ukraine's Constitution – Chapter XII The Court: The Court's rulings are mandatory for execution in Ukraine, are final and cannot be appealed. Laws and other legal acts, or their separate provisions, that are deemed unconstitutional, lose legal force. The Court is composed of 18 judges, appointed in equal shares by
330-693: The Chairperson of the Court. On 17 August 2023, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law on the selection of judges of the Constitutional Court. At the end of July 2023, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law of Ukraine on the selection of judges of the Constitutional Court with the participation of international experts. According to the law, the selection will be carried out with
363-565: The Communist Party of the Soviet Union Sources [ edit ] [1] World Statesmen.org Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leningrad_City_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union&oldid=1259861581 " Categories : Politics of Saint Petersburg City Committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1918 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in
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#1732771892016396-619: The Constitutional Court are binding, final, and cannot be appealed. In 2016, access to the Constitutional Court was significantly broadened. Since then all individuals and companies where there are grounds to claim that a final court judgment contradicts the Constitution can file a complaint at the court. (Prior only the President and a member of parliament had the right to appeal to the Constitutional Court. ) A complaint may only be filed after all other remedies have been exhausted in
429-500: The Court determined the 2004 amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine unconstitutional, repealing them. On 21 February 2014 parliament passed a law that reinstated these December 2004 amendments (of the constitution). On 27 October 2020 the court decision to repeal Article 366-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine , which had provided for liability for inaccurate declaration of assets by government officials pushed Ukraine into
462-693: The East Slavic tribe of Ulichis lived here. After the liberation of the former Kyivan Rus' from the Tatars in the Battle of Blue Waters and the unification of the principalities of Kyiv, Pereyaslav, and Chernihiv with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , there was a need to protect the southeastern borders from attacks by the Crimean Khanate and Moscovy - states that were formed after the collapse of
495-460: The PACE resolution of 19 April intervened in the operation of Ukraine's Constitutional Court by summarily dismissing two Constitutional Court Judges, Syuzanna Stanik and Valeriy Pshenychnyy , for allegations of "oath treason." His move was later overturned by the Constitutional Court and the judges were returned by a temporary restraining order issued by the court. On 16 May, Viktor Yushchenko, for
528-415: The President's dismissal of Syuzanna Stanik as a Constitutional Court judge illegal. Ms Stanik's position has been reinstated. The decision is final and not subject to further appeal On 3 April 2008 Stanik was dismissed from the Court by the order of the President. On 28 April 2010, President Viktor Yanukovych reinstated Stanik as Constitutional Court judge. She resigned the next day. On 1 October 2010
561-497: The President, the parliament, and the Congress of Judges. A judge must be a citizen of Ukraine and must have: Judges are appointed for 9 years without the right of reappointment; moreover each judge is obligated to retire at the age of 65 if this age comes before the end of the 9-year period. The President and parliament are required to fill a vacant position within one month and the Congress of judges has three months to do so. But
594-472: The appointment comes into effect only after oath of the new judge in the parliament; therefore sometimes it is a problem to become a judge of the Constitutional Court if many members of parliament do not want this (for example, they can physically disturb to hold a meeting of the parliament, that is usual in Ukraine). The Chairman of the Court is elected by secret ballot for a single three-year term from and by
627-399: The decree of former President Viktor Yanukovych of May 2013, appointing Oleksandr Tupytskyi a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. The reason given was that allegedly his tenure did "pose a threat to state independence and national security of Ukraine, which violates the Constitution of Ukraine, human and civil rights and freedoms." As a result, for some time, it was unclear who was
660-399: The institution of propiska . On 25 December 2003 the Court allowed Leonid Kuchma to run for presidency for the third time; Kuchma chose not to run for re-election. Amidst the 2007 Ukrainian political crisis , on 30 April 2007, on the eve of the Constitutional Court's ruling on the legality of the president's decree dismissing Ukraine's parliament, President Yushchenko, in defiance of
693-576: The landed was owned by the noble Skarżyński family. They played a large role in the development of the region. An emphasis was placed on the development of its agriculture and the Skarzynskis opened a school in Migeya dedicated to this. The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian SSR on January 10, 1939 out of the northern raions of Mykolaiv Oblast . Before establishment, its territory
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#1732771892016726-414: The members of the Court. On 29 December 1999 the Court interpreted the Constitution as unconditionally ruling out capital punishment ; this is the date when Ukraine de jure abolished capital punishment after a long period of a de facto moratorium. In the 2000s attempts to bribe and blackmail Constitutional Court judges to get a favourable ruling were reported. On 14 November 2001 the Court outlawed
759-873: The oblast government: Oleksandriia , Svitlovodsk , Znamianka , and the administrative center of the oblast, Kropyvnytskyi . According to the 2001 Ukrainian census , Ukrainian was the mother tongue of 88.9% of the population, for 10.0% it was Russian , and for 1.1% it was another language. According to a survey "Is the language (ir)relevant?" ( Ukrainian : "Мова (не) на часі?" ), which took place in Kirovohrad Oblast from 12 to 22 October 2023, 96.7% of respondents named Ukrainian as their mother tongue, while 2.6% named Russian as their mother tongue. In everyday life, 66.4% of respondents spoke Ukrainian, 29.4% spoke Surzhyk , and 3.4% spoke Russian. Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" ( Ukrainian : обласний центр , translit. oblasnyi tsentr ). The name of each oblast
792-644: The parliament, with the oblast council asking the Verkhovna Rada to speed up the process in September 2022. The following sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine : The oblast also has a number of archaeological sites, such as Nebelivka site and Melgunov Kurgan . Before the July 2020 reform , Kirovohrad Oblast was administratively subdivided into 21 raions ( districts ) as well as 4 cities ( municipalities ) which were directly subordinate to
825-777: The participation of the Advisory Group of Experts. Half of these experts will be people delegated by international organizations and the Venice Commission, who will have a decisive vote in filtering candidates for the Constitutional Court. This law was one of the requirements of the European Commission for the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union. Dismissed in 2014 On 29 December 2020 President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended Tupytskyi for two months in an effort to end
858-479: The province is 24,600 square kilometres (9,500 sq mi). The city of Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine. Most of the region is located within historic Right-bank Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia , and the western outskirts are part of historic Podolia . The lands of the modern Kirovohrad Oblast were first inhabited by Scythians . In the Middle Ages, during the time of Kyivan Rus' ,
891-470: The region were killed. During World War II, the oblast was under Nazi occupation from 1941 to 1944 and was liberatedas a result of Kirovograd offensive . In 1954, the oblast lost some raions to the newly created Cherkasy Oblast , but later that year received its western raions from the Odesa Oblast . Between 1939 and 2016, the oblast administrative center, Kropyvnytskyi, was called Kirovohrad and
924-599: The rule of the Ukrainian Cossacks of Hetmanate and Zaporozhian Sich from XV to XVIII century. As a result of the destruction of Ukrainian Cossacks and the enslavement of Ukrainians by the Russian government at the end of the 18th century, these lands came under the direct power of Russia. In 1752, the territory of New Serbia was founded with the capital in Novomyrhorod . In the 1800s, majority of
957-439: The ruling, the President is obliged to cancel his decree on discharge of Mrs. Stanik.." The other two judges who were also illegally dismissed had previously tendered their resignations and as such were not subject to the courts order. Following the president's intervention the Constitutional Court still has not ruled on the question of legality of the president's actions. On 25 March 2008 Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court ruled
990-499: Was accused of unduly seeing to influence the court by illegally firing two Constitutional Court judges Valeriy Pshenychnyy and Syuzanna Stanik for allegations of "oath treason.". On 20 July, Syuzanna Stanik won an appeal against the President in the Shevchenko district court of Kyiv. The Court ruled the President's actions illegal and reinstated Ms Stanik's entitlement as a member of Ukraine's Constitutional Court. According to
1023-674: Was named after the First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Sergei Kirov . Due to decommunization laws (on 14 July 2016) the name of the city was changed to Kropyvnytskyi. Kirovohrad Oblast was not renamed because as such it is mentioned in the Constitution of Ukraine , and the Oblast can only be renamed by a constitutional amendment by
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1056-474: Was part of Kherson Governorate (most of it) and Podolia Governorate (smaller portion) until 1925. Earlier before occupation of Ukraine in 1920s, in 1918 there were plans to introduce own Ukrainian administrative territorial division with territory of modern Kirovohrad Oblast being split between lands of Nyz (Lower land), Pobozhia (Boh land), and Cherkasy. During the Soviet repressions , over 40,000 residents of
1089-2784: Was the position of highest authority in the city of Leningrad (until January 26, 1924, Petrograd) roughly equating to that of mayor . The position was created in March 1918, and abolished on August 24, 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself. Until the abolition of the CPSU monopoly on power on March 14, 1990, he had actual power in Leningrad. First Secretaries [ edit ] Name Term of Office Life years Start End Pyotr Zaslavsky March 1918 April 1919 1890–1967 Moisey Kharitonov April 1919 November 1919 1887–1948 Sergey Zorin November 1919 February 1921 1891–1937 Nikolay Uglanov February 21, 1921 December 14, 1921 1886–1937 Ivan Smirnov December 15, 1921 March 1922 1881–1936 Pyotr Zalutsky March 1922 December 1925 1888–1937 Grigory Evdokimov December 1925 January 7, 1926 1884–1936 Sergei Kirov January 8, 1926 December 1, 1934 1886–1934 Andrei Zhdanov December 15, 1934 January 17, 1945 1896–1948 Alexey Kuznetsov January 17, 1945 March 8, 1946 1905–1950 Pyotr Popkov March 9, 1946 February 15, 1949 1903–1950 Vasily Andrianov February 22, 1949 January 19, 1950 1902–1978 Frol Kozlov January 19, 1950 July 8, 1952 1908–1965 Aleksey Alekseyev July 8, 1952 April 1, 1953 1911– Nikolay Ignatov April 1, 1953 November 25, 1953 1901–1966 Ivan Zamchevsky November 25, 1953 July 27, 1956 1909–1979 Ivan Spiridonov July 27, 1956 December 24, 1957 1905–1991 Nikolay Rodionov December 24, 1957 January 8, 1960 1915–1999 Georgy Popov January 9, 1960 February 12, 1971 1912– Boris Aristov February 13, 1971 April 19, 1978 1925– Yury Solovyov April 19, 1978 March 12, 1984 1925–2011 Anatoly Dumachev March 12, 1984 January 17, 1986 1932–2004 Anatoly Gerasimov January 17, 1986 November 21, 1989 1931– Boris Gidaspov November 21, 1989 August 24, 1991 1939–2007 See also [ edit ] Lensovet Governor of Saint Petersburg Leningrad Regional Committee of
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