Krasnoye Selo (russian: Кра́сное Село́, lit. ''Red village''). Г. П. Смолицкая. "Топонимический словарь Центральной России". "Армада-Пресс", 2002 is a municipal town in

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of the federal city of St. Petersburg,

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. It is located south-southeast of the city center. Population: It was founded in the early 18th century, as a suburban village south of St. Petersburg. In 1764, the village had a paper mill, located near the road leading to St. Petersburg. During the 19th century, Krasnoye Selo developed as a recreational suburb of the capital with numerous summer

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s and villas, including the summer residences of the royals. In 1884, the famous airplane designer Alexander Mozhaysky tested his early

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there, achieving a power-assisted take off or 'hop' of . In late tsarist times, Krasnoye Selo was the location of the annual military manoeuvres presided over by the tsar himself. It was in Krasnoye Selo that, on Saturday July 25, 1914, the council of ministers was held at which

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decided to intervene in the Austro-Serbian conflict, thereby bringing about the First World War. During

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, Krasnoye Selo was under

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occupation from 12 September 1941 until 19 January 1944.Освобождение городов
/ref> Krasnoye Selo was granted town status in 1925, and in 1973 it was transferred under the jurisdiction of the city of Leningrad.

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