Vilyuysk Explained

En Name:Vilyuysk
Ru Name:Вилюйск
Loc Name1:Бүлүү
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:63.75°N 159°W
Map Label Position:bottom
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Viluysk (Yakutia).png
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Vilyuysky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Vilyuysk
Adm Selsoviet Type:Town
Adm Ctr Of1:Vilyuysky District
Adm Ctr Of2:Town of Vilyuysk
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Inhabloc Type:Town under district jurisdiction
Mun District Jur:Vilyuysky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Vilyuysk Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Vilyuysky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref:[1]
Mun Admctr Of2:Vilyuysk Urban Settlement
Established Date:1634
Current Cat Date:1783
Postal Codes:678200, 678202, 678219, 678229
Dialing Codes:41132
Website:http://www.vilyuisk.ru

Vilyuysk (Russian: Вилюйск|p=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 600km (400miles) from Yakutsk, the capital 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 Cossack winter settlement founded in 1634[2] 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 "Russian: 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.

Kate Marsden visited in 1891 on her mission to treat lepers in the region,[3] and returned in 1897 to establish a hospital.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vilyuysk serves as the administrative center of Vilyuysky District.[4] 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.[5]

Transportation

The Vilyuysk Airport is located near the town.[6]

Climate

Vilyuysk has an extremely continental subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are extremely cold, with January average temperatures about -34.4 °C (-29.9 °F) in January, while summers are warm enough, with average temperatures about 19.2 °С (66.6 °F) in July, summer temperatures is actually quite high for its attitude due to its long distance from the moderating influence of the oceans. Precipitation is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.

Naming honors

The minor planet 2890 Vilyujsk, discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova, is named after the town.[7]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Law #172-Z #351-III
  2. Book: Энциклопедия Города России. 2003. Большая Российская Энциклопедия. Moscow. 5-7107-7399-9. 71.
  3. Marsden, On Sledge and Horseback to outcast Siberian lepers, 1892, p 116
  4. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  5. Law #173-Z #353-III
  6. Web site: Vilyuisk Airport. OurAirports. January 19, 2013.
  7. Book: Schmadel, Lutz D.. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 5th. 2003. Springer Verlag. New York. 3-540-00238-3. 237.