{{Other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Vilyuysk |ru_name=Вилюйск |loc_name1=Бүлүү |loc_lang1=Yakut |image_skyline=Здание администрации Вилюйского улуса - panoramio.jpg |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|63|45|N|121|38|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=bottom |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Viluysk (Yakutia).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Viluysk (Yakutia).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sakha Republic |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_district_jur=Vilyuysky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Vilyuysk |adm_selsoviet_type=Town |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Vilyuysky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Town of Vilyuysk |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |inhabloc_type=Town under district jurisdiction |inhabloc_type_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |mun_district_jur=Vilyuysky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref531" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Vilyuysk Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref531" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Vilyuysky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref411">Law #172-Z #351-III</ref> |mun_admctr_of2=Vilyuysk Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="Ref531" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1634 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /><ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |current_cat_date=1783 |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=678200, 678202, 678219, 678229 |dialing_codes=41132 |dialing_codes_ref= |website=http://www.vilyuisk.ru }} '''Vilyuysk''' ({{lang-rus|Вилюйск|p=vʲɪˈlʲʉjsk}}; {{langx|sah|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 {{convert|600|km|sp=us}} from Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,234.<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>{{Historical populations|1897|611|1926|1300|1939|3147|1959|4817|1970|6215|1979|7108|1989|8988|2002|9776|2010|10234|2021|10032|type=|footnote=Source: Census data|align=left}}
==History== The first permanent settlement on the site of the present town was a Cossack winter settlement founded in 1634<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=71}}</ref> as '''Tyukanskoye'''{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} or '''Verkhnevilyuyskoye'''.<ref>{{cite Efron|Вилюйск}}</ref>
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 "{{lang|ru|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|date=May 2010}}
Kate Marsden visited in 1891 on her mission to treat lepers in the region,<ref>Marsden, On Sledge and Horseback to outcast Siberian lepers, 1892, p 116</ref> and returned in 1897 to establish a hospital. In 2014 a statue was constructed to her memory in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Siberia salutes British nurse and adventurer who set up a leper colony in remote Yakutian village |url=http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/siberia-salutes-british-nurse-and-adventurer-who-set-up-a-leper-colony-in-remote-yakutian-village/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323165614/http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/siberia-salutes-british-nurse-and-adventurer-who-set-up-a-leper-colony-in-remote-yakutian-village/ |archive-date=2023-03-23 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=siberiantimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vilyuysk serves as the administrative center of Vilyuysky District.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist">''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''</ref> As an inhabited locality, Vilyuysk is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the ''selo'' of Sosnovka), incorporated within Vilyuysky District as the '''Town of Vilyuysk'''.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As a municipal division, the Town of Vilyuysk is incorporated within Vilyuysky Municipal District as '''Vilyuysk Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="Ref531">Law #173-Z #353-III</ref>
==Transportation== The Vilyuysk Airport is located near the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vilyuisk Airport|url=http://www.ourairports.com/airports/UENW/|publisher=OurAirports|access-date=January 19, 2013|archive-date=March 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326020046/http://ourairports.com/airports/UENW/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==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), while summers are short but very warm, with average temperatures about 19.2 °С (66.6 °F) in July. Summer temperatures are actually quite high for its altitude 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.
<div style="width:70%;"> {{Weather box |location=Vilyuysk |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C=-0.4 |Feb record high C=-2.0 |Mar record high C=10.1 |Apr record high C=18.6 |May record high C=30.4 |Jun record high C=36.5 |Jul record high C=37.8 |Aug record high C=36.0 |Sep record high C=27.7 |Oct record high C = 18.0 |Nov record high C = 3.7 |Dec record high C = -2.1 |Jan high C = -30.7 |Feb high C = -25.1 |Mar high C = -11.0 |Apr high C = 2.0 |May high C = 12.0 |Jun high C = 22.6 |Jul high C = 25.4 |Aug high C = 20.8 |Sep high C = 10.8 |Oct high C = -3.2 |Nov high C = -21.1 |Dec high C = -31.1 |Jan mean C = -34.4 |Feb mean C = -30.1 |Mar mean C = -18.1 |Apr mean C = -4.4 |May mean C = 6.4 |Jun mean C = 16.3 |Jul mean C = 19.2 |Aug mean C = 14.8 |Sep mean C = 5.8 |Oct mean C = -6.8 |Nov mean C = -24.9 |Dec mean C = -34.5 |Jan low C = -38.0 |Feb low C = -34.6 |Mar low C = -25.0 |Apr low C = -11.2 |May low C = 0.5 |Jun low C = 9.9 |Jul low C = 13.2 |Aug low C = 9.1 |Sep low C = 1.4 |Oct low C = -10.3 |Nov low C = -28.5 |Dec low C = -37.8 |Jan record low C = -60.9 |Feb record low C = -58.0 |Mar record low C = -50.0 |Apr record low C = -40.2 |May record low C = -23.0 |Jun record low C = -5.3 |Jul record low C = 0.0 |Aug record low C = -6.3 |Sep record low C = -15.4 |Oct record low C = -39.8 |Nov record low C = -52.7 |Dec record low C = -57.9 |Jan precipitation mm = 13 |Feb precipitation mm = 11 |Mar precipitation mm = 10 |Apr precipitation mm = 11 |May precipitation mm = 26 |Jun precipitation mm = 35 |Jul precipitation mm = 52 |Aug precipitation mm = 43 |Sep precipitation mm = 33 |Oct precipitation mm = 25 |Nov precipitation mm = 19 |Dec precipitation mm = 14 |Jan rain days = 0 |Feb rain days = 0 |Mar rain days = 0 |Apr rain days = 4 |May rain days = 11 |Jun rain days = 14 |Jul rain days = 13 |Aug rain days = 13 |Sep rain days = 15 |Oct rain days = 5 |Nov rain days = 0 |Dec rain days = 0 |Jan snow days = 21 |Feb snow days = 18 |Mar snow days = 15 |Apr snow days = 11 |May snow days = 7 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 6 |Oct snow days = 24 |Nov snow days = 21 |Dec snow days = 20 |Jan humidity = 74 |Feb humidity = 75 |Mar humidity = 68 |Apr humidity = 58 |May humidity = 54 |Jun humidity = 55 |Jul humidity = 60 |Aug humidity = 66 |Sep humidity = 71 |Oct humidity = 77 |Nov humidity = 77 |Dec humidity = 75 |Jan sun = 16 |Feb sun = 95 |Mar sun = 204 |Apr sun = 267 |May sun = 290 |Jun sun = 317 |Jul sun = 342 |Aug sun = 252 |Sep sun = 153 |Oct sun = 83 |Nov sun = 44 |Dec sun = 5 |source 1 = pogoda.ru.net<ref name="pogoda">{{cite web|title=Weather And Climate - Climate Vilyuisk|url=http://pogoda.ru.net/climate/24641.htm|access-date=January 19, 2013|language=ru|archive-date=April 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415174115/http://www.pogoda.ru.net/climate/24641.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |source 2 = NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|title=Climate Normals for Viljujsk|url=ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/24641.TXT|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221192830/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/24641.TXT|archive-date=2023-02-21|url-status=dead|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> |date=January 2013 }}</div>
==Naming honors== The minor planet 2890 Vilyujsk, discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova, is named after the town.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmadel|first=Lutz D.|title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names|edition=5th|year=2003|publisher=Springer Verlag|location=New York|isbn=3-540-00238-3|page=237}}</ref>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213051950/http://sakha.gov.ru/node/12525 Vilyuysky District]. {{in lang|ru}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list0}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list1}}
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Category:Cities and towns in the Sakha Republic Category:Vilyuysky District Category:Yakutsk Oblast