Vilyuchinsk Вилючинск | |
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| Coordinates:52°55′50″N158°24′10″E / 52.93056°N 158.40278°E /52.93056; 158.40278 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai |
| Founded | October 16, 1968 |
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| • Mayor | Alexey Sova |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,905 |
• Estimate (2023) | 21,834 (−4.7%) |
| • Subordinated to | VilyuchinskTown Under Krai Jurisdiction[1] |
| • Capital of | Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug[3] |
| • Capital of | Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9  [4]) |
| Postal code[5] | 684090–684093 |
| Dialing code | +7 41535 |
| OKTMO ID | 30735000001 |
| Website | www |
Vilyuchinsk (Russian:Вилючинск) is aclosedtown inKamchatka Krai,Russia, located on theKamchatka Peninsula about 20 kilometers (12 mi) acrossAvacha Bay fromPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population:22,905 (2010 census);[2]24,166 (2002 census).[6]
It was founded asSovetsky (Сове́тский) on October 16, 1968 through the amalgamation of three earlier settlements which supplied theSoviet Navy and served as a base for submarine construction: Rybachy, Primorsky, and Seldevaya.[citation needed] In 1970, as with other closed towns in theSoviet Union, it was given a code name based on the nearest major city, becoming known officially asPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-50 until 1994. In 1994, the town was renamed after the nearbyvolcano,Vilyuchik.
Within theframework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated asVilyuchinskTown Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of thedistricts.[1] As amunicipal division, Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated asVilyuchinsky Urban Okrug.[3]
Besides the construction ofnuclear submarines, the town's economy is largely reliant onfishing and processing of fish. In the suburb of Rybachy, one of the three original settlements from which the town was created, a squadron of submarines of thePacific Fleet has been based since August 1938. The local ship-repair industry began to develop in late 1959.
Despite plans for the navy base to be closed in 2003 due to lack of finances, this has continued to operate. The base had been modernized in the late 2000s with newly constructed residential buildings, a hospital, nursery school, and a sports center with a water park opened in 2007 personally byPresidentVladimir Putin.[7]
TwoRussian Orthodox churches were built in the 1990s, the first in the town.
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