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Nature Attractions In Kirovohrad Oblast

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Kirovohrad Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi, formerly known as Kirovohrad. Its population is 965,756 . Between 1939 and 2016 Kropyvnytskyi was called Kirovohrad and was named after the First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party Sergei Kirov. Due to decommunization laws 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. On 20 June 2018 the Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and ...
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Nature Attractions In Kirovohrad Oblast

  • 3. Ingul River Kirovohrad
    Inhul is a left tributary of the Southern Bug and is the 14th longest river of Ukraine. Do not confuse it with a similar in name river Inhulets with which it has little relations. It starts north of Kropyvnytskyi , flowing south towards the Southern Bug at Mykolayiv, which is 65 km north from where the Southern Bug River empties into the Black Sea. The Inhul River is about 300 km long. The Greek historian Herodotus mentions the river as the Pantikapes in his Histories , during his description of the land of Scythia.
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  • 5. Sofiyivka Park Uman
    Sofiyivsky Park is an arboretum and a scientific-researching institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine . The park is located in the northern part of the City of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast , near the Kamianka River. Some areas of the park are reminiscent of an English garden. Today the park is a popular recreational spot, annually visited by 500,000 visitors. Sofiyivka is a scenic landmark of world gardening design at the beginning of the 19th century. The park accounts for over 2,000 types of trees and brush among which are taxodium , Weymouth Pine, tulip tree, platanus, ginkgo, and many others. Since 1980 director of the park is the member-correspondent of the Academy of Sciences, doctor of biological sciences Ivan Kosenko. In 1985 small planet #2259 was named Sofiyivka after th...
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  • 6. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, Ukraine Ukraine
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is a transnational composite nature UNESCO World Heritage site, encompassing forests in 12 European countries. The Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians include ten separate massifs located along the 185 km long axis from the Rakhiv mountains and Chornohora ridge in Ukraine over the Poloniny Ridge to the Vihorlat Mountains in Slovakia. The Ancient Beech Forests of Germany include five locations, cover 4,391 hectares and were added in 2011. The Carpathian site covers a total area of 77,971.6 ha , out of which only 29,278.9 ha are part of the actual preserved area, while the rest is considered a buffer zone. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians cover areas of Zakarpattia and Prešov Regions. Over 70% o...
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  • 8. Uman Central Park Uman
    Uman is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River at around 48°45′N 30°13′E. Uman serves as the administrative center of Uman Raion , but is designated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 85,473 Among Ukrainians, Uman is known for its depiction of the Haidamak rebellions in Taras Shevchenko's longest of poems, Haidamaky . The city is also a pilgrimage site for Breslov Hasidic Jews and a major center of gardening research containing the dendrological park Sofiyivka and the University of Gardening. Uman was a privately owned city of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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