| En Name: | Krasny Chikoy |
| Ru Name: | Кра́сный Чико́й |
| Coordinates: | 50.3667°N 153°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Federal Subject: | Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Adm District Jur: | Krasnochikoysky District |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Krasnochikoysky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
| Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
| Pop 2010Census: | 7063 |
| Date: | April 2013 |
Krasny Chikoy (Russian: Кра́сный Чико́й) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Krasnochikoysky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population:
The village is about 380 km southeast of the regional capital Chita. It is on the right bank of the Chikoy River with the Khentei-Daur Highlands to the south.[1]
Krasny Chikoy was founded in 1670 by explorers. The first exiled Old Believers, engaged in land tenure, harvesting pine nuts, burning lime, tar, and hunting moved to the village in 1754. In 1902, there was a parochial school, post office, telegraph, district doctor and paramedic, chamber of the magistrate, distillery and oil-refinery. In 1933, it became the administrative center of the district. An airport operated in Krasny Chikoy until the 1990s.[1]