Krasny Kut (, lit. beautiful place) is a town and the administrative center of Krasnokutsky District in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Yeruslan River (Volga's tributary), southeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History It was founded in 1837 by Ukrainian migrants and was granted town status in 1966.
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov landed near Krasny Kut at the end of his Vostok 2 mission on August 7, 1961.Colin Burgess and Rex Hall, The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact (Springer, 2009) p. 177
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Krasny Kut serves as the administrative center of Krasnokutsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #78-ZSO stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #104-ZSO, which describes the borders and the composition of Krasnokutsky Municipal District, lists the town of Krasny Kut as a part of that municipal district. The Law #21-ZSO does not enumerate any administrative division types below the district level. As a municipal division, the town of Krasny Kut, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Krasnokutsky Municipal District as Krasny Kut Urban Settlement.Law #104-ZSO
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