Znamianka


Znamianka is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine. Population:.
Administratively, Znamianka is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Ir also serves as the administrative center of Znamianka Raion, 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 World War II it was under German occupation from August 5, 1941 to December 9, 1943.
In January 1989 the population was 33 828 people.
In January 2013 the population was 23 983 people.

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. It takes the form of a tank mounted on a plinth.