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Vilyuchinsk

Closed town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Summary

Closed town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Field	Value
en_name	Vilyuchinsk
ru_name	Вилючинск
image_skyline	Вилючинск.JPG
coordinates
map_label_position	left
image_coa	Coats of Arms of Viluchinsk.svg
image_flag	Flag of Viluchinsk.svg
federal_subject	Kamchatka Krai
adm_city_jur	Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction
adm_city_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of	Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction
adm_ctr_of_ref
inhabloc_cat	Town
inhabloc_cat_ref
urban_okrug_jur	Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug
urban_okrug_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of	Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug
mun_admctr_of_ref
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Alexey Sova
pop_2010census	22905
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	October 16, 1968
postal_codes	684090–684093
dialing_codes	41535
website	http://www.viluchinsk-city.ru/

Satellite imagery of Vilyuchinsk prior to the [[2025 Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake

Vilyuchinsk () is a closed town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula about 20 km across Avacha Bay from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population:

History

It was founded as Sovetsky (Сове́тский) on October 16, 1968 through the amalgamation of three earlier settlements which supplied the Soviet Navy and served as a base for submarine construction: Rybachy, Primorsky, and Seldevaya. In 1970, as with other closed towns in the Soviet Union, it was given a code name based on the nearest major city, becoming known officially as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-50 until 1994. In 1994, the town was renamed after the nearby volcano, Vilyuchik.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug.

Economy

Besides the construction of nuclear submarines, the town's economy is largely reliant on fishing 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 the Pacific 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 by President Vladimir Putin.

Religion

Two Russian Orthodox churches were built in the 1990s, the first in the town.

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References

{{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
Law #46
Law #242
link. (May 14, 2012)

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