[1] Poludino is located 42 km (26 mi) from the district center Bulayevo, and 61 km (38 mi) from the regional center Petropavl.

Lake Polovinnoye is located 4.6 km to the east.

Poludino is the location of Poludinskaya fortress, which was founded at the same time as Petropavlovsk in 1752.

According to one version, it got its name because the topographic expedition arrived from Petropavlovsk at noon.

The fortress was built according to the method of the French engineer Vaubon.