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Vilyuisk

Vilyuysk (in English)
Вилюйск (Russian)
Бүлүү (Yakut)
-  Town  -
Town under district jurisdiction
Map of Russia - Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (2008-03).svg
Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Vilyuysk is located in Sakha Republic
Vilyuysk
Vilyuysk
Location of Vilyuysk in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 63°45′N 121°38′E / 63.750°N 121.633°E / 63.750; 121.633Coordinates: 63°45′N 121°38′E / 63.750°N 121.633°E / 63.750; 121.633
Coat of Arms of Viluysk (Yakutia).png
Flag of Viluysk (Yakutia).png
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic
Administrative district Vilyuysky District
Town Vilyuysk
Administrative center of Vilyuysky District, Town of Vilyuysk
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Vilyuysky Municipal District
Urban settlement Vilyuysk Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Vilyuysky Municipal District, Vilyuysk Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 10,234 inhabitants
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)
Founded 1634
Previous names Tyukanskoye/Verkhnevilyuyskoye,
Olensk (until 1821)
Postal code(s) 678200, 678202, 678219, 678229
Dialing code(s) +7 41132
Official website
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Vilyuysk population
2010 Census 10,234
2002 Census 9,776
1989 Census 8,988
1979 Census 7,108

Vilyuysk (Russian: Вилюйск; IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲʉjsk]; Yakut: Бүлүү, Bülüü) is a town and the administrative center of Vilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Vilyuy River (left tributary of the Lena), about 600 kilometers (370 mi) from Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,234.

The first permanent settlement on the site of the present town was a Cossack winter settlement founded in 1634 as Tyukanskoye or Verkhnevilyuyskoye.

Members of the peasant rebellion led by Yemelyan Pugachev were exiled to the area in the 1770s, building the new town of Olensk in 1783. The town's name was derived from the Russian word "олень" (olen), meaning "stag", as still seen in the town's symbols. The town was renamed Vilyuysk after the river on which it stands in 1821.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vilyuysk serves as the administrative center of Vilyuysky District. As an inhabited locality, Vilyuysk is classified as a town under district jurisdiction. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Sosnovka), incorporated within Vilyuysky District as the Town of Vilyuysk. As a municipal division, the Town of Vilyuysk is incorporated within Vilyuysky Municipal District as Vilyuysk Urban Settlement.


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