Krasny Kut

The Krasny Kut country lies on the Yeruslan, a river crossing the dry steppe east of the Volga. Its valley opens through the grasslands of the lower Trans-Volga region, where pastoral routes preceded the later farming settlements. In the eighteenth century German colonies appeared closer to the Volga under Catherine II's invitation to foreign settlers. The settlement called Krasny Kut developed on the Yeruslan at the very end of the period, as cultivation extended farther into the steppe.