Krivoy Rog

British

/ kriˈvɔj ˈrɔk /

noun

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

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

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.

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