Krasnoslobodsk (Russian: Краснослобо́дск) is a town in Sredneakhtubinsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Volga River across from Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast.

[7] Krasnoslobodsk has the geographical peculiarity of being located on (at the western end of) one of the largest inland river islands in the world.

[citation needed] In 1955, it was given its present name and granted town status.

[citation needed] Krasnaya Sloboda was a Suburb of Stalingrad.

In 1942 German forces reached the Volga opposite the town, but were defeated in 1943.