Krasnokuts`k

It was founded in 1651 by the settlers from Korsyn'shchyna.

Since 1681 it was a squadron town of Okhtyrka regiment. In 1688 the inhabitants of the town supported the uprising of hetman I.Briukhovets'ky against Russia.

The emblem of the Russian period

The emblem of the Russian period was confirmed on the 21st of September 1781. In the upper part of a per fess shield there was Kharkivs'ka emblem. In the lower part in an argent field seven cherry-trees to signify abundance of them in the district.

B.Kene project

In XIX century B.Kene worked out a project of a new emblem of the town. In a argent field there are seven sable cherries with vert leaves. In the canton there is an emblem of Kharkivs'ka province. The shield is crown with an argent mauerkrone with three towers and framed with two or ears, which are twined with the ribbon of the Order of St.Alexander. The emblem was not approved.