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Located at the confluence of the Saksahan and Inhulets rivers, Kryvyi Rih was founded as a military staging post in 1775. Urban-industrial growth followed Belgian, French and British investment in the exploitation of the area's rich iron-ore deposits, generally called Kryvbas, in the 1880s.
Description: city of regional significance in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine. Categories: big city, city of regional significance of Ukraine, linear city and locality. Location: Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Eastern Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude.
Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area, or Kryvbas, is a metropolitan area in central (by the most part) and southern Ukraine. With a population of one million, it is one of seven largest metropolitan regions (million-plus each) in Ukraine.
- History of Kryvyi Rih
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The first people settled in the territory of present Kryvyi Rih in the Stone Age. In the 9th-7th centuries BC, the Cimmerians lived here. In the 2nd century AD, the Sarmatians with their herds moved to this steppe region. They traded with the ancient Greeks, in particular with the island of Rhodes, located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean. ...
On the coat of arms of Kryvyi Rih you can see the Cossack powder box made from a horn, referring to the name of the city and its past as the territory of the Zaporozhian Sich. Kryvyi Rih is located in the south-eastern part of Ukraine and the south-western part of the Dnipropetrovsk region, in the steppe zone at the confluence of the rivers of Inhu...
Parks
Park of Culture and Recreation named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky. One of the largest parks of Kryvyi Rih, it is located in Sotsgorod in the Metallurgical District. This park is the cultural center of the city. During the holidays and mass festivities, concerts, exhibitions, and sports competitions are held here. The main attraction of the park is a large and colorful fountain. There is a large number of different entertainment facilities. Metalurhiv Avenue. Park of Fedor Mershavtsev- a romantic...
Other places of interest
Drama and Musical Comedy Theater named after Taras Shevchenko. The current building of the theater in the style the Stalinist neoclassicism was constructed in 1949-1954, in place of the one destroyed during the Second World War. Poshtovyy Avenue, 23. Kryvyi Rih Circus. Opened in 1970, the circus is located in Sotsgorod in the Metallurgical District - one of the most visited districts of the city. Vitaliya Matusevycha Street, 10. Local History Museum. The collection of this museum located in t...
Kryvyi Rih - is large industrial city in the center-east of Ukraine with population of about 0.8 million. Located on rivers Inhulets and Saksahan. This is very long city - one of the longest cities in Europe.
Krivoy Rog (Ukrainian spelling Kryvyi Rih) is a city situated in Dnepropetrovsk oblast. It is the longest city in Europe (the distance between Terni district and Ingulec district is about 75 kilometers).
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Sep 19, 2023 · Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian: Кривий Ріг, also transliterated Krivoy Rog from Russian: Кривой Рог), is an industrial city of 660,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its principal industry is steel manufacturing.
