The story
- Ukrainian · borrowed fromКіровогра́д
- English todayKirovohrad
From Ukrainian Кіровогра́д (Kirovohrád), after Bolshevik leader Sergey Kirov + град (hrad, “walled city”). Compare Russian Кировогра́д (Kirovográd).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.