Krasnoslobodsk, Volgograd Oblast
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Krasnoslobodsk is a town in Sredneakhtubinsky District
of Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
, located on the left bank of the Volga River
across from Volgograd
. Population:
It was founded as the khutor
of Bakatin. After 1917, it was renamed Krasnaya Sloboda. In 1955, it was given its present name and granted town status.
Sredneakhtubinsky District
Sredneakhtubinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 33 in Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
of Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the left bank of the Volga River
Volga River
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including the capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage...
across from Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
. Population:
It was founded as the khutor
Khutor
Khutor or khutir is usually taken to refer to a single-homestead rural settlement of Eastern Europe.In Cossack-settled lands that encompassed today's Ukraine, Kuban, and the lower Don river basin the word khutor was used to describe new settlements which had detached themselves from stanitsas...
of Bakatin. After 1917, it was renamed Krasnaya Sloboda. In 1955, it was given its present name and granted town status.