Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin, commonly known by the portmanteau Kryvbas, is an important economic and historical region stretched between central and southern Ukraine around the city of Kryvyi Rih, speci
Prydnipro Railways
…to the first Russian minister of railways Pavel Petrovich Melnikov who in 1862 expressed an interest in connecting the Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin (Kryvbas) with the Donets Coal Basin (Donbas). The railway was commissioned in 1884 with its headquarters was located in Kryvyi Rih, before being relocated to…
Mine "Pokrovska" in Kryvyi Rih
Alexander Pol (local industrialist and forefather of the modern iron mining)