Vilyuysk ( rus, Вилюйск, p=vʲɪˈlʲʉjsk; sah, Бүлүү, ''Bülüü'') is a

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and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of Vilyuysky District in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

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, located on the Vilyuy River (left

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of the

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), about from

Yakutsk Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of ...

, the

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of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,234.

History

The first permanent settlement on the site of the present town was a

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winter settlement founded in 1634 as Tyukanskoye or Verkhnevilyuyskoye. Members of the

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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 "" (''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. Kate Marsden visited in 1891 on her mission to treat lepers in the region, and returned in 1897 to establish a hospital.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vilyuysk serves as the

of Vilyuysky District.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' 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

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), incorporated within Vilyuysky District as the

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of Vilyuysk. As a municipal division, the Town of Vilyuysk is incorporated within Vilyuysky Municipal District as Vilyuysk Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z #353-III

Transportation

The Vilyuysk Airport is located near the town.

Climate

Vilyuysk has an extremely continental

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(

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''Dfc''). Winters are extremely cold, with average temperatures from in January, while summers are warm, with average temperatures from in July, instead being in the warmest summer region for such a northerly latitude, resulting from the absence of any maritime moderation.

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is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.

Naming honors

The

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, discovered in 1978 by

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astronomer

Lyudmila Zhuravlyova Lyudmila Vasilyevna Zhuravleva (russian: Людмила Васильевна Журавлёва, uk, Людмила Василівна Журавльова, Ljudmyla Vasylivna Žuravljova; born 22 May 1946) is a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian ast ...

, is named after the town.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Vilyuysky District
* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in the Sakha Republic