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Kryvyi Rih

city of regional significance in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine
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Summary

Kryvyi Rih is a big city[1]. It draws 6,722 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #125 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Order of Lenin[3], Order of the Red Banner of Labour[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kryvyi Rih urban hromada[5]
  • Country: Ukraine[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Inhulets River[7], Saksahan[8], Karachunivka Reservoir[9], Крэсовское водохранилище[10], Saksahan Reservoir[11]
  • Head of government: Yurii Vilkul[12]
  • Instance of: city of regional significance of Ukraine[13], linear city[14]
  • Shares border with: Kryvyi Rih Raion[15]
  • Anthem: Anthem of Krivoy Rog[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Dovhyntseve Raion[17], Inhuletskyi District[18], Metallurgical Raion[19], Pokrovskyi District[20], Saksahanskyi District[21], Ternivskyi District[22], Tsentralno-Miskyi District[23]
  • Flag: flag of Kryvyi Rih[24]
  • Twinned administrative body: Handan[25], Rustavi[26], Duisburg[27], Košice[28], Lublin[29], Miskolc[30], Espoo[31]
  • Legislative body: Kryvyi Rih city council[32]
  • Coat of arms: Symbols of Kryvyi Rih[33]
  • Postal code: 50000–50479[34]
  • Commons category: Kryvyi Rih[35]
  • Licence plate code: AE[36], КЕ / 04[37]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[38], UTC+03:00[39]
  • Local dialing code: 564[40], 0564[41]
  • Inception: April 27, 1775[42]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Kryvbas[43]
  • Official website: https://kr.gov.ua/[44], https://touristkr.com.ua/[45]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kryvyi Rih[46]
  • Commons gallery: Кривий Ріг[47]
  • Population: 2184[48], 3644[49], 3745[50], 17,000[51], 26,018[52], 22,709[53], 19,031[54], 70,025[55], 197,621[56], 212,878[57], 322,000[58], 387,579[59]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kryvyi Rih include Kryvbas[60], a sedimentary basin[61], in Ukraine[62], founded in 1881[63] and Kryvyi Rih International Airport[64], an international airport[65], in Ukraine[66], founded in 1978[67].

Why It Matters

Kryvyi Rih has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

Entities named for it include Kryvbas[60], a sedimentary basin[61], in Ukraine[62], founded in 1881[63] and Kryvyi Rih International Airport[64], an international airport[65], in Ukraine[66], founded in 1978[67].

FAQs

What awards did Kryvyi Rih receive?

Honors received include Order of Lenin[3] and Order of the Red Banner of Labour[4].

Related Entities

Alona Bondarenko Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade Espoo Kateryna Volodko Košice Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih National University Lublin Miskolc Olena Zelenska Russian Empire Rustavi State University of Economics and Technology Ukraine Volodymyr Nazarenko Volodymyr Zelenskyy Zlata Ognevich

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [25] ↑ . spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [27] ↑ . spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [28] ↑ . krivbass.city. krivbass.city. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [29] ↑ . lublin.eu. lublin.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [30] ↑ . spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [31] ↑ . spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. spilkuisia.kr.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Q62010256. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . 1916/17 census of Russian Empire. wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . 1959 Soviet census. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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