Hi Heinrich. I did find an interesting online book at
http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search and then search for IBSN 0822976692 and go to page 29 (the Jews in 1881)..
This chapter is about how Jews came to be in Elisabethgrad (today it's name is Kirovograd) and how the pogroms started there.If you are a member of ancestry.com you may wish to visit my Ivan Jacob Tchernegovski (Black) profile and read my story called "Origins of the Tchernegovski name". It has some interesting information not just about this individual but Jewish people there in general. The best of luck.
Ivan Joseph Tchernegovski (Melbourne, Australia).