Krakolye (; ; ; ) was a rural locality (a village) in Ust-Luzhsky Selsoviet of Kingiseppsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located just south of Ust-Luga and about southwest of the Ust-Luga Harbour. It is now a part of the settlement of Ust-Luga. Population: 110 (2007 est.)."Административно-территориальное деление Ленинградской области". — СПб., 2007, с. 97.
History Krakolye was first mentioned in Joan Blaeu's Livonian Atlas in 1654 as .Карта Ливонии из большого атласа Блау. 1654 г. It was one of the two villages where the Votic language was still spoken; the other was Luzhitsy in the Leningrad Oblast.
The village was merged into Ust-Luga effective October 24, 2008.
Notable people Votic teacher and linguist Dmitri Tsvetkov (1890–1930) was born in Krakolye.
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