Vilyuysk

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Coat of arms of Vilyuysk
Coat of arms of Vilyuysk

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.

A minor planet 2890 Vilyujsk discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova is named after the town. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th, New York: Springer Verlag, p. 237. ISBN 3540002383. 
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