Alexandria - a city in the east of the Kirovohrad region, the center of Alexandria area. Geographical coordinates of the city - 32 ° 15'E and 48 ° 30 'north latitude. Alexandria is located 75 km from Kirovograd. The city covers an area of 6142 hectares. After two rivers flowing Alexandria - Makarov and Berezivka. Alexandria is located on the Dnieper Upland. The relief of the city is a plateau. Increased undulating plain dissected by a dense network of valleys and hills. The climate in temperate continental. The first recorded mention of the city in 1576. Alexandria, as part of Zaporizhia, went to the state Bohdan Khmelnytsky. According to legend, a Cossack Vus with his brothers founded Zimovniki Vusivka. This point was reinforced by Tatar raids and the Polish nobility. In 1754 Usivka officially received the status settlement.