Krasnohrad

Krasnohrad or Krasnograd (Красноград, ) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Krasnohrad Raion. Krasnohrad hosts the administration of Krasnohrad urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 2022, the population was estimated to be

History
The city of Krasnohrad was founded as a Bilevska fortress in 1731–1733, 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. In 1797, it received city status. In 1922, Kostyantynohrad was renamed Krasnohrad during a "de-imperialization" drive carried out by the Soviet Union.

In 2023 the working group of the National Commission on State Language Standards included Krasnohrad in the list of settlements in Ukraine that contain words with the root "krasn" ("red", the national colour of the Soviet Union) and can be renamed as part of decommunization derussification campaigns in Ukraine. Late August 2023 the Krasnohrad City Council initiated a public voting on renaming the city.

It is located on the Berestova River 101 km to the south of the city of Kharkiv. In 2021 about 20,000 people lived in the city.

Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Notable people

 * Andriy Lunin (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer, with the goalkeeper role. Played for Dnipro and Zorya Luhansk, currently plays for the team with the most international titles in the world Real Madrid, with also obtaining the call up to the Ukrainian national team, with which he won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup with Ukraine U20, and the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
 * Mykhailo Mudryk (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer, with the winger role (position that can be classified as midfielder or forward). Played for Shakhtar Donetsk, currently plays for Chelsea F.C., with also obtaining the call up to the Ukrainian national team. In 2022 he was nominated as Ukrainian Footballer of the Year. On January 2023, Mykhailo, for move to West London, the Blues had to spend €70m (£62m) up front for his transfer fee, and €30m (£26.5m) in add-ons, which include winning the UEFA Champions League, Premier League and other individual performance-related conditions. This operation, made him one of the most expensive transfers of the English Premier League history, and the most paid Ukrainian player ever.