Vilyuysk
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Vilyuysk (Russian: 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 . 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.
| Image:Coat of Arms of Sakha (Yakutia).png | Cities and towns in the Sakha Republic | Image:Flag of Russia.svg |
| Capital: Yakutsk Aldan | Lensk | Mirny | Neryungri | Nyurba | Olyokminsk | Pokrovsk | Srednekolymsk | Tommot | Udachny | Verkhoyansk | Vilyuysk |
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