Krivoy Rog

/ kriˈvɔj ˈrɔk /

noun

1. a city in SE Ukraine: founded in the 17th century by Cossacks; iron-mining centre; iron- and steelworks. Pop: 658 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Russian rockets destroyed an oil depot in the Krivoy Rog region, sending up huge plumes of smoke, Ukrainian news reports said.

From Washington Times

Svetlana is from Krivoy Rog, a city in southeast Ukraine known for its steel plants.

From Los Angeles Times

There she waited for a week and finally returned to the city and the family’s apartment, hoping the war would spare their hometown, only to realize the next day that Russian tanks were now on their way toward Krivoy Rog.

From Los Angeles Times

Alina Kondrashova, 33, a doctor from Krivoy Rog in Ukraine, who arrived in Przemysl on Wednesday with her three-year-old, mother, sister and her sister's baby, was hoping to travel on to Estonia by bus.

From Reuters

Avramenko, who was born in Krivoy Rog, an industrial city in Ukraine, starts making pirozhki.

From Los Angeles Times