# Novomyrhorod

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{{short description|City in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine}}
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'''Novomyrhorod''' ({{langx|uk|Новомиргород}}, {{IPA|uk|nowoˈmɪrɦorod|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Новомиргород.wav}}) is a [city](/source/city) in [Novoukrainka Raion](/source/Novoukrainka_Raion), [Kirovohrad Oblast](/source/Kirovohrad_Oblast), central [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), in the southern part of the Middle Dnieper area. It hosts the administration of [Novomyrhorod urban hromada](/source/Novomyrhorod_urban_hromada), one of the [hromada](/source/hromada)s of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_novomyrhorod">{{cite web |title=Новомиргородская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/novomyrgorodska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> The population of Novomyrhorod is approximately {{Ua-pop-est2022|10,715|.}}

Novomyrhorod is situated on the banks of the [Velyka Vys](/source/Velyka_Vys) River.

==Name and history==

The name literally means "New [Myrhorod](/source/Myrhorod)" or "new peace town".The town was founded in 1746.

Between 1752 and 1764, Novomyrhorod was the capital of [New Serbia](/source/New_Serbia_(Russian_province)), a military frontier established by the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) that had an ethnic [Romanian](/source/Romanians) majority.

Since 1802 it was a town in [Kherson Governorate](/source/Kherson_Governorate) of Russian Empire.

Since 1923 Novomyrhorod was the district center of Yelysavethradsky District, [Ukrainian SSR](/source/Ukrainian_SSR).

City since 1960.<ref>Новомиргород // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 18. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974.</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>Новомиргород // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.41</ref>

In 1989 the population was 16 349 people.<ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />

In 2013 population was 11 569 people.<ref>[http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.72]</ref>

Until 18 July 2020, Novomyrhorod was the administrative center of [Novomyrhorod Raion](/source/Novomyrhorod_Raion). The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Novomyrhorod Raion was merged into Novoukrainka Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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*[Stepan Kozhumyaka](/source/Stepan_Kozhumyaka) (1898–1989) — Ukrainian engineer, bridge-builder and linguist
*[Viacheslav Petrov](/source/Viacheslav_Petrov) (b. 1994) — Ukrainian professional basketball player.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:New serbia slavo serbia.png|Location of Novomyrhorod and former New Serbia
Image:Новомиргородський вокзал.JPG|Novomyrhorod railway station
Image:Entering Novomyrhorod.jpg|Entering the Novomyrhorod from the direction of [Kropyvnytskyi](/source/Kropyvnytskyi)
</gallery>

==See also==

* [Zlatopol](/source/Zlatopil%2C_Novomyrhorod) — former town, Jewish [shtetl](/source/shtetl), now it is a part of Novomyrhorod.

==References==
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{{Kirovohrad Oblast}}
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Category:Cities in Kirovohrad Oblast
Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Category:Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd

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