Krasnokutsk

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Krasnokutsk
Краснокутськ
Urban-type settlement
Krasnokutsk is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Krasnokutsk
Krasnokutsk
Coordinates: 50°04′N 35°10′E / 50.067°N 35.167°E / 50.067; 35.167Coordinates: 50°04′N 35°10′E / 50.067°N 35.167°E / 50.067; 35.167
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionBohodukhiv Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total7,348
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Krasnokutsk (Ukrainian: Краснокутськ, Russian: Краснокутск) is an urban-type settlement in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 7,348 (2020 est.)[2]

Krasnokutsk is located on the right bank of the ,[3] a left tributary of the Vorskla River in the drainage basin of the Dnieper.

History[]

It was a village in Bogodukhov uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since 1930.[4]

During World War II it was under German occupation from October 1941 to August 1943.

In January 1989 the population was 8511 people.[5] In January 2013 the population was 7744 people.[6]

Until 18 July 2020, Krasnokutsk was the administrative center of Krasnokutsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Krasnokutsk Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion.[7][8]

Economy[]

Transportation[]

Krasnokutsk is on a road connecting Bohodukhiv in Kharkiv Oblast with Opishnia in Poltava Oblast, with further access to the West to Poltava and Myrhorod. There are local roads as well.

The closest railway station is in , about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast, on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Sumy.

References[]

  1. ^ "Краснокутская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ Краснокутск // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 13. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.
  4. ^ № 3156. Луч // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.413
  5. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  6. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.99
  7. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  8. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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