Vilyuysk
| Vilyuysk (English) Вилюйск (Russian) Бүлүү (Yakut) |
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia |
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| 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 |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 10,234 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Founded | 1634 |
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Tyukanskoye/Verkhnevilyuyskoye, Olensk (until 1821) |
| Postal code(s) | 678200, 678202, 678219, 678229 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41132 |
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| 2010 Census | 10,234 |
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| 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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