Elisavetgrad, Russian Empire

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Elisavetgrad, Russian Empire was a historic city in the Russian Empire (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine) that served as a regional administrative and cultural center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative center
cultural center
historical city
administrativeDivisionType uezd center
associatedWithEventType imperial Russian urban development
country Russian Empire
culturalActivity education
publishing
theater
economicActivity agricultural trade
crafts and small industry
grain trade
ethnicGroup Jews
Poles
Russians
Ukrainians
geographicRegion Central Ukraine
governorateCenterOf Yelisavetgrad Uyezd
surface form: Elisavetgrad uezd
hadPopulationType multiethnic population
hasFunction educational center
military center
trade center
hasHeritage architectural monuments from imperial period
historicalNameOf Kropyvnytskyi NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 18th–19th centuries
historicalSuccessorName Kirovo NERFINISHED
Kirovohrad NERFINISHED
languageOfName Russian
Ukrainian (Yelysavethrad variant)
locatedIn Kherson Governorate NERFINISHED
southern Russian Empire
locatedOnRiver Inhul River NERFINISHED
modernName Kropyvnytskyi NERFINISHED
namedAfter Empress Elizabeth of Russia NERFINISHED
partOf Russian Empire
presentDayCountry Ukraine
presentDayLocation Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine NERFINISHED
region historical region of Novorossiya
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Judaism
Roman Catholicism
role regional administrative center
regional cultural center
status defunct city name
transport later railway connection
regional road hub
urbanStatus city
usedAsNameUntil early 20th century

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Maurice Podoloff placeOfBirth Elisavetgrad, Russian Empire