Znamianka

Znamianka (Ukrainian: Зна́м'янка) is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 22,069 (2020 est.)[1] .

Znamianka

Зна́м'янка
City of regional significance
Znamjanka City Hall
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Coat of arms
Znamianka
Coordinates: 48°42′49″N 32°40′24″E
CountryUkraine
OblastKirovohrad Oblast
CouncilZnamianka city council
Founded1869
Area
 • Total14.8 km2 (5.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total22,069
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Postal code
27400
Area code(s)+380 5233

Administratively, Znamianka is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Ir also serves as the administrative center of Znamianka Raion (district), though administratively it does not belong to the raion. Znamianka Municipality combines the city of Znamianka, the urban-tye settlement of Znamianka Druha, and the village of Vodyane.

History

Znamianka was established initially as a train station in 1869 during construction of the Balta-Kremenchuk-Poltava railroad, connecting Poltava with Odessa. To the area were resettled peasants from the Oryol Governorate area, possible the Russian Old Believers for whom the Our Lady of the Sign sacred. In Russian the Sign means Znamiennie, so in diminutive form the settlement's name became Znamianka.

During the 1917 to 1921 Ukrainian War of Independence Znamianka was part of the Kholodny Yar Republic.[2]

During World War II Znamianka was under German occupation from August 5, 1941 to December 9, 1943.

In January 1989 the population was 33 828 people.[3]

In 2012, based on the law "On the principles of the State language policy", City Council declared Znamianka's regional language to be Russian.[2] On 28 February 2018 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine ruled this law unconstitutional.[4]

In January 2013 the population was 23 983 people.[5]

Nowadays

The city itself is known for its railway station.

There is a memorial to the soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Army, who liberated the town from the Germans.[6] It takes the form of a tank mounted on a plinth.

  • Znamianka railway station
  • Historical train next to railway station
  • Platform of railway station
  • Downtown Znamianka

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Without favorites and self-nominated. Who claims to win the "hot spot" of the elections in Kirovograd region, The Ukrainian Week (14 October 2020)
  3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  4. "Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional language law of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko". Ukrinform. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  5. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.70
  6. "Шукач - dombrovskii_a посетил(а) "5-я гвардейская танковая армия. Памятник освободителям Знаменки."". Shukach.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.


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