Double curvature steel lattice Shell by Shukhov in Vyksa 1897 shell

Vyksa (russian: Вы́кса) is a

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, located on the

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southwest of

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. Population:

History

Vyksa was founded in 1765 and was granted town status in 1934.

Etymology

From a substrate

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(cf. fi, vuoksi 'flow').

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four work settlements and forty-three rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Vyksa—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #184-Z As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Vyksa is incorporated as Vyksa Urban Okrug.Law #51-Z

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External links

Interactive map of Vyksa

Vyksa Steel Works

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