It was founded in the early 18th century as simply Krasnoye, as a suburban village south of St. Petersburg. In 1764, the village had a paper mill, located near the road leading to St. Petersburg.
Krasnoye, an early 18th-century village located south of St. Petersburg, was established in the early 18th century and developed a paper mill near the road leading to St. Petersburg in 1764.