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About Krivoy Rog
Krivoy Rog - the city in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Krivoy Rog area.
Currently Krivoy Rog is the second largest city of Dnipropetrovsk region and is the center of the development of the Krivoy Rog iron ore basin (Dynamo - the largest in the world).
The city is the cultural center of the region - a number of higher educational institutions Drama and Musical Comedy, Puppet Theater, The Academy of Movement and museums.
JSC "Mittal Steel Krivoy Rog" or "MitalStil" (during his stay in public ownership - KGGMK "Krivorozhstal") is one of the largest factories in the former Soviet Union, is located in Krivoy Rog.
Legend: It was in the time of Chumaky. Chumaks carted salt from the Crimea. Their route ran past the small picturesque village, situated in a small gully at the confluence of two rivers. Nobody knew it's name. Just a village. Rarely somebody has rolled up here. But there was one man that put an inn in the road at the entrance to the village ... Once a big Chumatski gang went to see him, to eat, relax, to repair. We went to the tavern. The owner greeted them hospitably. Of course, without gorilka no deal. But since the owner glasses yet profiteer, then treated Chumaks of a large curved horn. Passes with all the horn, and he limped on one leg. Crooked (Krivoy), you may have. So like him chumaks that every time they passed, a senior asked: "And what, brethren, to take a look crooked?" And someone from Chumaks added: "Yes, and drink from a horn (rog)." Since that time, and has become a tradition, that whoever was driving past the village, he said: "There would prevent a drop in Krivoy Rog. So it is left for the village name - Krivoy Rog ...
Population: 684 693 people (2008 year)
Main kinds of the transport:
| Transport | Fare |
| Route taxi |
2,00 uah. |
| Trolleybus | 0,90 uah. |
| Bus | 1,75 uah. |
| Tram | 0,90 uah. |
| Metro | 1,00 uah. |
Main sights:
| Palace of culture |
Iron ore mine in South mining factory |
Railway station |
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| Shevchenko monument | Beach on the river SAKSAGAN | Спасо-Преображенский собор |
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| Theatre | Technikal university | Fontain near the city administration |
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| Park "Pravdy" |
Circus | |
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