Strugi Krasnye is an
urban locality (a
work settlement) and the
administrative center of
Strugo-Krasnensky District of
Pskov Oblast,
Russia, located northeast of
Pskov. Municipally, it is incorporated as
Strugi Krasnye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population:
History
Named after a nearby village, the settlement was founded in the mid-19th century as the
railway station of
Belaya during the construction of the railroad. At the time, it belonged to
Luzhsky Uyezd of
Saint Petersburg Governorate. In 1905, it was renamed
Strugi Belye , after the estate of N. M. Lakhtin. In 1919, Strugi Belye was an arena of important events of the
Russian Civil War. Originally, the area east of Lake Peipus was under control of the revolutionary government. On October 4, 1919 the White Army troops of
Nikolai Yudenich during an advance caprtured the station of Strugi Belye. On November 6, 1919, it was given its present name by the order of G. A. Tomchuk, a commander of an
armored train, after the village was taken from the
White Guard Armies, to avoid connotations with White Army (with
krasny meaning
red in Russian).