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Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian: Криви́й Ріг [krɪˌwɪj ˈr⁽ʲ⁾iɦ], lit. 'Curved Cape' or 'Crooked Horn', Krivoy Rog) is the largest city in central Ukraine and 7th most populous city in the country; 2nd biggest city in the country by area (not counting Russian-occupied Sevastopol). It lies within a large urban area with approximately one million inhabitants and serves as the administrative center of Kryvyi Rih Raion. The city’s population at the beginning of 2022 is estimated at 646,748. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih urban community.Located at the confluence of the Saksahan and Inhulets rivers, Kryvyi Rih was founded as a staging post in 1775 and developed as a military settlement. Urban growth followed Belgian, French and British investment in the exploitation of area's rich iron-ore deposits (generally called Kryvbas) in the 1880’s. Kryvyi Rih gained city status after the October Revolution in 1919. Stalin-era industrialisation saw the development in the city from 1934 of Kryvorizhstal, the largest integrated metallurgical works in the Soviet Union. After a brutal German occupation in World War Two, Kryvyi Rih experienced industrial and urban growth through to the 1970s. The economic dislocation associated with the break-up of the Soviet Union contributed to high unemployment and a large-scale exodus from the city in the 1990s. The privatization of Kryvorizhstal in 2005 was followed by increased foreign and private investment which helped finance urban regeneration. Beginning in 2017, there were major labor protests and strikes. In their February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, forces of the Russian Federation approached the city’s outskirts from Russian-occupied Crimea. In March, their advance stalled some 50 km to the south. Kryvyi Rih is the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.