Krasny Kut (Russian: Кра́сный Кут, 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), 117 kilometers (73 mi) southeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast.

[9] It was founded in 1837 by Ukrainian migrants and was granted town status in 1966.

[citation needed] Cosmonaut Gherman Titov landed near Krasny Kut at the end of his Vostok 2 mission on August 7, 1961.

[1] 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.