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Vilyuysk (Russian: Вилюйск, IPA: [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 600 kilometers (370 mi) from Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,234.[7]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 611 | — |
| 1926 | 1,300 | +112.8% |
| 1939 | 3,147 | +142.1% |
| 1959 | 4,817 | +53.1% |
| 1970 | 6,215 | +29.0% |
| 1979 | 7,108 | +14.4% |
| 1989 | 8,988 | +26.4% |
| 2002 | 9,776 | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 10,234 | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 10,032 | −2.0% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Vilyuysk
Вилюйск | |
|---|---|
Town under district jurisdiction[1] | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Бүлүү |
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.png) Flag .png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Vilyuysk  | |
  Vilyuysk Location of Vilyuysk  Vilyuysk Vilyuysk (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 63°45′N 121°38′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Vilyuysky District[1] |
| Town | Vilyuysk[1] |
| Founded | 1634[2][1] |
| Town status since | 1783 |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| • Capital of | Vilyuysky District,[1] Town of Vilyuysk[1] |
| • Municipal district | Vilyuysky Municipal District[3] |
| • Urban settlement | Vilyuysk Urban Settlement[3] |
| • Capital of | Vilyuysky Municipal District,[4] Vilyuysk Urban Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 678200, 678202, 678219, 678229 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41132 |
| OKTMO ID | 98618101001 |
| Website | www |
The first permanent settlement on the site of the present town was a Cossack winter settlement founded in 1634[2] as Tyukanskoye or Verkhnevilyuyskoye.[citation needed]
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 "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.[citation needed]
Kate Marsden visited in 1891 on her mission to treat lepers in the region,[8] and returned in 1897 to establish a hospital.
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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vilyuysk serves as the administrative center of Vilyuysky District.[1] As an inhabited locality, Vilyuysk is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Sosnovka), incorporated within Vilyuysky District as the Town of Vilyuysk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Vilyuysk is incorporated within Vilyuysky Municipal District as Vilyuysk Urban Settlement.[3]
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The Vilyuysk Airport is located near the town.[9]
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.
| Climate data for Vilyuysk | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −30.7 (−23.3) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.8 (69.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −34.4 (−29.9) |
−30.1 (−22.2) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−24.9 (−12.8) |
−34.5 (−30.1) |
−7.6 (18.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −38.0 (−36.4) |
−34.6 (−30.3) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
0.5 (32.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−28.5 (−19.3) |
−37.8 (−36.0) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −60.9 (−77.6) |
−58.0 (−72.4) |
−50.0 (−58.0) |
−40.2 (−40.4) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−39.8 (−39.6) |
−52.7 (−62.9) |
−57.9 (−72.2) |
−60.9 (−77.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) |
11 (0.4) |
10 (0.4) |
11 (0.4) |
26 (1.0) |
35 (1.4) |
52 (2.0) |
43 (1.7) |
33 (1.3) |
25 (1.0) |
19 (0.7) |
14 (0.6) |
292 (11.4) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Average snowy days | 21 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 143 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 68 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 16 | 95 | 204 | 267 | 290 | 317 | 342 | 252 | 153 | 83 | 44 | 5 | 2,068 |
| Source 1: pogoda.ru.net[10] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[11] | |||||||||||||
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The minor planet 2890 Vilyujsk, discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova, is named after the town.[12]
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