Vilyuchinsk
| Vilyuchinsk (English) Вилючинск (Russian) |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai |
| Administratively subordinated to | Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction |
| Administrative center of | Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction |
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| Urban okrug | Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Alexey Sova |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 22,905 inhabitants |
| Time zone | PETT (UTC+12:00) |
| Founded | October 16, 1968 |
| Postal code(s) | 684090–684093 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41535 |
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Vilyuchinsk (Russian: Вилючинск) is a closed town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula about 20 kilometers (12 mi) across Avacha Bay from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population: 22,905 (2010 Census);24,166 (2002 Census).
It was founded as Sovetsky (Сове́тский) on October 16, 1968 through the amalgamation of three earlier settlements which supplied the Soviet Navy and served as a base for submarine construction: Rybachy, Primorsky, and Seldevaya. In 1970, as with other closed towns in the Soviet Union, it was given a code name based on the nearest major city, becoming known officially as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-50 until 1994. In 1994, the town was renamed after the nearby volcano, Vilyuchik.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug.
Besides the construction of nuclear submarines, the town's economy is largely reliant on fishing and processing of fish. In the suburb of Rybachy, one of the three original settlements from which the town was created, a squadron of submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet has been based since August 1938. The local ship-repair industry began to develop in late 1959.
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