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Novooleksandrivka, Znamianka urban hromada, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast

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Novooleksandrivka (Ukrainian: Новоолександрівка) is a village in central Ukraine, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, in Znamianka urban hromada. It has a population of 2 (2021 est.).[1] It is actually abandoned (ghost village).

Country Ukraine
Founded1875
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Novooleksandrivka
Новоолександрівка
Novooleksandrivka is located in Ukraine
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Novooleksandrivka
Location within Ukraine
Novooleksandrivka is located in Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast
Novooleksandrivka
Novooleksandrivka
Location within Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast
Coordinates: 48°42′49″N 32°40′24″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast
Raion Kropyvnytskyi Raion
Founded1875
Area
  Total
0,418 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
2
  Density0.0048/km2 (0.012/sq mi)
Postal code
27450
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Geography

This village is located 10 km southeast of Znamianka, the river Balka Orlova flows through it.

History

The village was founded as Deynehivka (Ukrainian. Дейнегівка) in honor of the nobleman Deyneg.

In the 1930s it was called Novooleksandrivka. During the Holodomor of 1932-1933, at least 43 villagers died.[2]

Lukiya Stachenko with her family, second from the right, 1955

During the German occupation, local resident Stachenko Lukiya Efymivna (1879-1973) baked bread for the partisans of the Black Forest.

In the 1960s, locals began to move en masse to Petrove. As of 2021, only 2 people lived here - Musiy Buldovych and Mykhailo Hryhorovych Mayboroda.

In the village was born Viktor Kalyuzhny (1967-2024) a hero of the Russo-Ukrainian war, went missing in the Donetsk oblast while holding back the advance, as a result of a Russian UAV attack on a position.[3]

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