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Voznesensk may refer to:
- Voznesensk, a city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
- Ivanovo, a city in Russia previously known as Ivanovo-Voznesensk
Voznesensk is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast ( region) of Ukraine and the administrative center of Voznesensk Raion ( district). Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: In 2001, the city's population was 42,634.
The city was founded by Catherine II (The Great) in 1790 in a place of previously existing Sokoly cossack settlement belonging to Buh Cossack Host. City expansion plans were carried out by prince Potemkin. However, the project was abandoned shortly after Catherine's death in 1796. Despite short period of accelerated development, Voznesensk managed to attract significant number of new inhabitants and cemented its positions as one of the centers of trade in Southern Ukraine.