History
The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 10, 1939.
Between 1752 and 1764, the Kirovohrad Oblast was a territory of Imperial Russia named Nova Serbia, and existed in this area with an administrative seat in Novomyrhorod.
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