Krivoy Rog overview
Krivoy Rog (also spelled Kryvyi Rih) is a city situated in Dnepropetrovsk oblast of Ukraine. Krivoy Rog is the longest city in Europe (the distance between Terni district and Ingulec district is about 75 kilometers). Also Krivoy Rog maximum width is about 15 kilometers. Krivoy Rog is cultural center of Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
Krivoy Rog city has the population of about 752,000 (2010).
The phone codes of the city are +380-564, +380-56 (for 7 digits numbers beginning with 4); the postal codes are 50000-50479.
Krivoy Rog history
1775 is considered the official date of Krivoy Rog foundation. The first settlements were founded by Zaporozhye Cossacks in 17th century. The first record of Krivoy Rog refers to April 27th, 1775.
Main documents on Krivoy Rog history dated back to 1734-1761 burnt in 1941: the car with the documents was bombed near Nikopol. Academician Vasily Zuyev who visited this place in 1781, suggested that the name of the town could mean “crooked cape” after twisting river-bed of the Saksagan where it flows into the river Ingulets.
In 1881 iron ore began be mined and the town grew economically as well as its population. In 1919 Krivoy Rog became a part of Yekaterinoslavskaya gubernia. During Civil War it was one of the centers of anarchist movement headed by Nestor Makhno.
During World War II the city was occupied by German troops (on August 15th, 1941-1944) and considerably destroyed. After the war Krivoy Rog was rebuilt partly by captive Germans and turned into an industrial center of the oblast.
Krivoy Rog views
Krivoy Rog city, Ukraine view
Author: Konstantin Zabolotniy
Krivoy Rog city view
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Krivoy Rog city movie theater
Author: Konstantin Zabolotniy
Krivoy Rog features
Krivoy Rog stretches from the north to the south (from the north-east to the south-west to be more exact) for no more than 75 km (but not 120 km as a lot of inhabitants think). At present Krivoy Rog is the second important city in Dnepropetrovsk oblast.
The city is the cultural center of the region, there is a number of Universities:
- Krivorozhsky Technical University;
- Krivorozhsky Institute of Economics of Kievsky National Economical University;
- Krivorozhsky State Teacher’s Training College;
- Krivorozhsky Faculty of National metallurgical academy of Ukraine;
- Krivorozhsky learning center of Odessky National Academy of Law.
There is a theater and museums in the city. The largest museum is Krivoy Rog historical and local study museum located at Kaunasskaya Street, 16a.
Krivoy Rog is a large industrial center, a center of Krivorozhsky iron ore basin (Krivbass). Main industries: machine-building; food industry; chemical industry; concentrating mills; iron ore mining; ferrous metallurgy.
Interesting facts about Krivoy Rog
Krivorozhskaya street (named after the city) is found in Moscow, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Karaganda, Zaporozhye, Khabarovsk.
In early December 2009 Krivoy Rog was visited by Jean-Claude van Damme, a world movie star. His girl-friend comes from Krivoy Rog and her parents reside there.
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