Krivoy Rog is the second largest city in the Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine, you can get to it from the regional center ( Dnepropetrovsk ) by bus or minibus in a few hours. It was first mentioned in 1775 as a postal station connecting the center of the country with the south. Despite the fact that the industry is highly developed and many factories are built on its territory, there are places that are interesting to visit.
What can you see in Krivoy Rog?
The first sight that can be seen immediately on arrival in Krivoi Rog by train is the railway station "Krivoy Rog - Main" . This building was built in 1884, then it was completed, reconstructed, but used did not stop. In 1997, a monument to the locomotive was erected on the square in front of the station. For this purpose, the real EM No. 733-69, taken off-line, was taken.
To learn more about the city, you should go to the Krivoy Rog Museum of Local Lore , a place where you can learn a lot of interesting information about Krivoy Rog, get acquainted with its history and see archaeological finds from Tsarevoi grave.
The most beautiful places in Krivoy Rog include several objects:
- Park of Truth - created in honor of the eponymous newspaper in 1932. Only here you can see an old boat station, suspension bridges and beautiful arches;
- going floral clock - located on the Metallurgists' Avenue, in addition to the moving arrow on the dial, a mechanical placard is installed on them, showing the time and temperature of the air;
- rocks in the village of MOPR - a geological monument showing the wealth of these places;
- Krivoy Rog Botanical Garden is a young garden located in the northern part of Krivoy Rog in Damansky district. Over 5200 species of plants are already growing on its 52 hectares;
- Karachunovskoe Reservoir - founded in 1932 during the construction of the Krivoy Rog Metallurgical Plant. Near its dam formed a 12-meter waterfall, which is called the White Stones.
Krivoy Rog is famous not only for its beautiful places, but also for its factories, and especially for the Southern Mining and Processing Plant . Its iron ore quarry, located south of the city, 2.5 km wide and 400 meters high, is considered to be one of the largest in the world.
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Lovers of architecture will be the interesting buildings of the Krivoy Rog Academic Drama and Musical Comedy Theater named after Taras Shevchenko , created in 1931, the State Circus and the St. George Belltower, as well as churches and churches of various denominations.