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Krivoi Rog

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[kri-voi rohg, rawk, kryi-voi rawk] / krɪˈvɔɪ ˈroʊg, ˈrɔk, kryɪˈvɔɪ ˈrɔk /

noun

  1. the Russian name of Kryvyi Rih.


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Reassured, the Wehrmacht pulled some troops out of Kiev, rushed them south to help hold Krivoi Rog.

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Other German defeats in other areas impended: > At Krivoi Rog, where the Red Army was closing in on the last great Nazi hedgehog in the Dnieper loop.

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The Germans are taking iron from mines at Krivoi Rog, manganese from Nikopol.

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The very metals the Nazis wanted are also needed in Russia's scattered industrial centres: Moscow, Krivoi Rog, the great Donets Coal Basin.

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By this week, his army had driven some 70 miles into the bulge, was pounding on the gates of Krivoi Rog, an important rail and iron center.

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