Krasny Kut
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Krasny Kut is a town and the administrative center of Krasnokutsky District
of Saratov Oblast
, Russia
, located on the right bank of the Yeruslan River
(Volga
's tributary
), 117 kilometres (72.7 mi) southeast of Saratov
. Population:
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
.
Krasnokutsky District
Krasnokutsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 38 in Saratov Oblast, Russia....
of Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. Population: -Demographics:Population:...
, 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 right bank of the Yeruslan River
Yeruslan River
Yeruslan is a river Saratov Oblast and Volgograd Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga River. It is 278 km long, origins at the south-western slope of the Obshchy Syrt and flows to the Yeruslan Cove of the Volgograd Reservoir. Yeruslan has the left inflow Solyonaya Kuba River. Former left...
(Volga
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...
's tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
), 117 kilometres (72.7 mi) southeast of Saratov
Saratov
-Modern Saratov:The Saratov region is highly industrialized, due in part to the rich in natural and industrial resources of the area. The region is also one of the more important and largest cultural and scientific centres in Russia...
. Population:
It was founded in 1837 by Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
migrants and was granted town status in 1966.
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov
Gherman Titov
Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on August 6, 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1...
landed near Krasny Kut at the end of his Vostok 2
Vostok 2
Vostok 2 was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day in order to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body...
mission on August 7, 1961
August 1961
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in August 1961.-August 1, 1961 :...
.