Oleksandriia (Ukrainian: Олександрія, IPA: [oleksɐnˈdrijɐ] ⓘ) is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine.

[3] In the 16th - the first half of the 18th century, the lands of the modern city and the territories adjacent to it belonged to the Hetmanate and Zaporozhian Sich.

Therefore, the year 1739 can be considered the date of foundation of the settlement, when Mykhailo Ovramenko's neighbors, Stepan Tereshchenko and Roman Kasyan, a Cossack of the Kremenchuk regiment, began to live here.

In place of Usivka, the sconce Bechey (after the Serbian city of Bečej) encampment was established.

In 1764, New Serbia was liquidated, and Usykivka became part of the Elizabethan province of Novorossiya Governorate, which existed until 1783, when its territory was included in the Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty.

During the war in the east of Ukraine, 24 warriors from Olexandria died, in whose honor a monument in the form of a cross with a trident was opened on Independence Day 2017[15] Until 18 July 2020, Oleksandriia was designated as a city of oblast significance and belonged to Oleksandriia Municipality.

[18] In 2023, on Independence Day, the Memorial Alley of those killed in the Russo-Ukrainian war was opened[19] Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[21] The climate of Oleksandriia is classified as humid continental (Köppen classification: Dfb).