Krasnokutsk

Krasnokutsk
Краснокутськ
	Krasnokutsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Kharkiv Oblast
Rajon :	Krasnokutsk Raion
Height :	117 m
Area :	12.48 km²
Residents :	7,564 (2017)
Population density :	606 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	62000
Area code :	+380 5756
Geographic location :	50 ° 3 '  N , 35 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '22 "  N , 35 ° 8' 51"  E
KOATUU :	6323555100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement, 3 settlements
Address:	вул. Леніна 127 62002 смт. Краснокутськ
Statistical information
Krasnokutsk

Krasnokutsk ( Ukrainian Краснокутськ ; Russian Краснокутск Krasnokutsk ) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine and the administrative center of the raion of the same name in the west of Kharkiv Oblast with about 7,600 inhabitants (2016).

geography

The place is located in Sloboda-Ukraine 96 km west of the Oblast center Kharkiv on the Merla ( Мерла ), a 116 km long, left tributary of the Vorskla .

In addition to Krasnokutsk, the following settlements belong to the settlement council: Kamjano-Chutirske ( Кам'яно-Хутірське ), Kowaliwske ( Ковалівське ) and Stepowe ( Степове ).

history

The village was founded in 1651 as a fortress to protect the southern borders of the Russian state from Tatar raids. On February 20, 1709, the battle of Krasnokutsk took place on the outskirts of Krasnokutsk , a military conflict during the Russian campaign of Charles XII. took place in the Great Northern War . The village got its current name in 1850. Since 1975 Krasnokutsk has had the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

1773	1861	1897	1923	1926	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2010	2017
4.134	4,673	6,860	9,192	9,929	8,792	7.168	7,834	8,511	8,147	7,748	7,564

Source: 1773, 1861; 1897-2017

Personalities

• Anatoly Semjonowitsch Levtschenko (1941–1988), Soviet cosmonaut

Rajon

Krasnokutsk is the administrative center of Krasnokutsk Raion, founded in 1923 . It has an area of ​​1,040.8 km², a population of about 29,000 inhabitants and a population density of 28 inhabitants per km². It borders on Sumy Oblast in the northwest and Poltava Oblast in the west and southwest .

See also : List of Rajons of Ukraine

Web links

• History of towns and villages - Krasnokutsk ( Memento from June 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ Composition of the municipalities in Kharkiv Oblast, official page  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Ukrainian)  
3. ^ Local history of Krasnokutsk in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on October 30, 2017 (Ukrainian)