Krasnoslobodsk is a Russian city (from 1780), the administrative center of the Krasnoslobodsk District of Mordovia.

It has the population of 9721 people (s of 2014).

The city stands on the left bank of Moksha River (influx of Oka), 107 km away from Saransk and 90 km away from the route M5 Moscow-Chelyabinsk.

It has no through railroad service. The nearest stations are Kovylkino of the Kuibyshev Railroad (about 40 km away) and Pervomaisk of the Gorky Railroad (about 60 km away).

History of Krasnoslobodsk

It was known as Krasnaya Sloboda (i.e. the Red Settlement) from 1571 and fortified the system of defending Moscow State from the Tatars and Nogais. In the middle of the 17th century the settlement lost its defensive value but kept growing; by the late 17th century the Cossacks settled there.

Krasnaya Sloboda had 700 yards and the population of 3500 people in 1670.

It became a town in 1706 and was named Krasnoslobodsk in 1780. Ironworks and distilleries were constructed by the Milyakovs merchants in the 18th century. Krasnoslobodsk acquired trade and distributive functions in the 1st half of the 19th century.