Svetlograd (Russian: Светлогра́д) is a town and the administrative center of Petrovsky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the Kalaus River, 85 kilometers (53 mi) northeast of Stavropol, the administrative center of the krai.

[citation needed] It was granted town status and renamed Svetlograd in 1965.

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Svetlograd serves as the administrative center of Petrovsky District.

[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Petrovsky District as the Town of Svetlograd.

[citation needed] As a municipal division, the Town of Svetlograd is incorporated within Petrovsky Municipal District as Svetlograd Urban Settlement.