13 Facts About Kriviy Rih

1. Kryvyi Kriviy Rih gained city status after the October Revolution in 1919.

2. Kryvyi Kriviy Rih is the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

3. In 1770, Kryvyi Kriviy Rih was again recorded as the camp of Zaporizhian Sich.

4. Until the events of Euromaidan in 2014 and their aftermath, in local and national elections Kryvyi Kriviy Rih favored Russian-friendly candidates belonging first, in the 1990s, to the Communist Party of Ukraine and then, in the new century, the Party of Regions.

5. City of Kryvyi Kriviy Rih is governed by the Kryvyi Kriviy Rih Municipality.

6. In 1860 Kryvyi Kriviy Rih got the status of township in Kherson Governorate.

7. Kriviy Rih's emigrated to the United States with her family in 1903, and there became an American sculptor and watercolorist.

8. FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Kriviy Rih is a football club based in Hirnyk Stadium, and currently competes in the Ukrainian First League.

9. Kryvyi Kriviy Rih was home to another football team, Kryvbas Kryvyi Kriviy Rih.

10. FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Kriviy Rih was the reserve team of Kryvbas.

11. ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Kriviy Rih, owned by ArcelorMittal since 2005 is the largest private company by revenue in Ukraine, producing over 7 million tonnes of crude steel, and mined over 17 million tonnes of iron ore.

12. Local public transportation in Kryvyi Kriviy Rih includes the Metrotram, buses and minibus lines, trolleybuses (in operation since 1957, the system presently comprises 23 routes), trams (one of the world's largest tram networks, operating on 88.1 kilometres (54.7 miles) of total route; as of 2014, it was composed of 13 lines) and, taxi.

13. On 1 May 2021 Kryvyi Kriviy Rih became the first city in Ukraine to introduce free travel in public transport for its citizens.