Krasnokutsʹk (Ukraine)
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Sources of Information
- Krasnokutsʹk, 1994:introd. (first settled in 1651 when it was named Krasnyĭ Kut [no publs. in LC data base])
- Russian Brock.:v. 16, p. 550 (Krasnokutsk; a city in Kharʹkovskai︠a︡ gubernīi︠a︡. It was established with the name of Krasnyĭ Kut [no publs. in LC data base] in 1651. In 1666 a fortress was erected there. In 1709 the city was seized by theSwedes. In 1769 it had become an uyezd city)
- Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 5, p. 480 (Krasnokutsʹk: (until 1780 known as Krasnyĭ Kut), a city in the Krasnokutsʹyĭ raĭon of the Kharkivsʹka oblastʹ. Founded in 1651. Soviet power was established at the end of 1917)
- BGN gaz., USSR:(Krasnokutsk; popl.: 50p0s 54ʹ N., 35p0s 09ʹ E.)
- Ukraïna [MAP], 1992:(Krasnokutsʹk; in Kharkivsʹka oblastʹ)
Wikipedia description:
Krasnokutsk (Ukrainian: Краснокутськ, Russian: Краснокутск) is a rural settlement in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Krasnokutsk settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 7,164 (2022 estimate). Krasnokutsk is located on the right bank of the Merla River, a left tributary of the Vorskla River in the drainage basin of the Dnieper.
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