Town in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Place in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Krasnohrad or Krasnograd[1] (Ukrainian: Красногра́д, IPA: [krɐsnoˈɦrɑd]) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. From 1784 to 1922, it was known as Kostyantynohrad or Konstantingrad. It serves as the administrative center of Krasnohrad Raion. Krasnohrad hosts the administration of Krasnohrad urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] In 2024, the population was estimated to be 19,674 (2024 estimate).[3]
History [ edit ]
The city of Krasnohrad was founded as a Bilevska fortress in 1731–1733,[4] as part of the Ukrainian line defence fortifications, which ran from the Dnieper to the Donets. In 1784, the fortress was renamed Kostyantynohrad after/in honour of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia.[4] In 1797, it received city status. In 1922, Kostyantynohrad was renamed Krasnohrad during a "de-imperialization" drive carried out by the Soviet Union.[4][5]
In 2024 the working group of the National Commission on State Language Standards [uk] included Krasnohrad in the list of settlements in Ukraine that contain words with the root "krasn" ("red", red was the national colour of the Soviet Union) and can be renamed as part of decommunization derussification campaigns in Ukraine.[4] Late August 2024 the Krasnohrad City Council initiated a public voting on renaming the city.[4]
It is located on the Berestova River 101 kilometres (63 mi) to the south of the city of Kharkiv. In 2024 about 20,000 people lived in the city.[4]
Population [ edit ]
Language [ edit ]
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[6]
Language Percentage Ukrainian 77.78% Russian 21.52% other/undecided 0.7%
Geography [ edit ]
Climate [ edit ]
Climate data for Krasnohrad (1981–2010) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −2.0
(28.4) −1.3
(29.7) 4.8
(40.6) 14.5
(58.1) 21.4
(70.5) 24.8
(76.6) 26.9
(80.4) 26.4
(79.5) 20.2
(68.4) 12.6
(54.7) 4.1
(39.4) −0.8
(30.6) 12.6
(54.7) Daily mean °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9) −4.3
(24.3) 1.0
(33.8) 9.3
(48.7) 15.8
(60.4) 19.3
(66.7) 21.3
(70.3) 20.5
(68.9) 14.8
(58.6) 8.2
(46.8) 1.2
(34.2) −3.3
(26.1) 8.3
(46.9) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6.9
(19.6) −7.2
(19.0) −2.2
(28.0) 4.7
(40.5) 10.3
(50.5) 14.1
(57.4) 16.1
(61.0) 15.1
(59.2) 10.1
(50.2) 4.5
(40.1) −1.3
(29.7) −5.7
(21.7) 4.3
(39.7) Average precipitation mm (inches) 43.1
(1.70) 35.6
(1.40) 39.9
(1.57) 42.3
(1.67) 53.1
(2.09) 69.7
(2.74) 63.7
(2.51) 46.7
(1.84) 52.9
(2.08) 43.4
(1.71) 45.4
(1.79) 40.9
(1.61) 576.7
(22.70) Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 8.9 7.6 8.2 7.0 7.6 8.3 7.6 5.2 6.4 6.2 7.5 8.2 88.7 Average relative humidity (%) 86.3 83.3 78.1 66.0 60.9 66.0 66.1 62.5 69.8 77.3 86.1 87.2 74.1 Source: World Meteorological Organization[7]
