- Vikhorevka
Vikhorevka ( _ru. Вихоревка) is a town in
Bratsky District ofIrkutsk Oblast ,Russia , located on the left bank of theVikhorevka River (Angara River 'stributary ), 916 km northwest ofIrkutsk and 35 km southwest ofBratsk . Population: 24,800 (2006 est.); 24,763 (2002 Census); 23,872 (Soviet Census (1989) ).
1989 CensusVikhorevka was founded in
1957 as a workers' settlement due to the construction of theTayshet –Bratsk railroad. The river (as later the railroad station and the town) was named after aStrelets sotnik Vikhor Savin, who was killed here by the Tungus people in1630 . It was granted town status in1966 .There is a
logging enterprise in the town.
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