Vilyuysk

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Vilyuysk (Russian: Вилю́йск) is a town in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located some 600 km from Yakutsk on the Vilyuy River (left tributary of the Lena) at 63°45′19″N, 121°37′29″ECoordinates: 63°45′19″N, 121°37′29″E. Population: 9,776 (2002 Census).

Founded in 1634 as a Cossack winter settlement Tyukanskoye or Verkhnevilyuyskoye. In 1783, a town of Olensk was built in this place. The town was renamed Vilyuysk in 1821.


Coat of arms of Sakha Cities and towns in the Sakha Republic Flag of Russia
Capital: Yakutsk

Aldan | Lensk | Mirny | Neryungri | Nyurba | Olyokminsk | Pokrovsk | Srednekolymsk | Tommot | Udachny | Verkhoyansk | Vilyuysk


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