Krasnokutsk


Krasnokutsk is an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Krasnokutsk Raion. Population:
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.

History

It was a village in Bogodukhov uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
A local newspaper is published here since 1930.
During World War II it was under German occupation from October 1941 to August 1943.
In January 1989 the population was 8511 people. In January 2013 the population was 7744 people.

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 Hubarivka, about northeast, on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Sumy.