Vilyuysk

Vilyuysk

Vilyuysk ( _ru. 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 coord|63|45|19|N|121|37|29|E|display=inline,title. 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. [cite book | last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. | coauthors = | title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names | pages = p. 237 | edition = 5th | year = 2003 | publisher = Springer Verlag | location = New York | url = http://books.google.com/books?q=2883+Barabashov+RG6 | id = ISBN 3540002383]

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