Olyokminsk
Sign in to saveOlyokminsk (; , Ölüöxüme) is a town and the administrative center of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,494.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Olyokminsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Олёкминск
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Өлүөхүмэ
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
- Yakut
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Aerial view towards Olëkminsk in afternoon - panoramio.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Aerial view of Olyokminsk in afternoon
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Olyokminsk city coa.gif
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Sakha Republic
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Olyokminsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Olyokminsk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Olyokminsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Town of Olyokminsk
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- Town under district jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Olyokminsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Olyokminsk Urban Settlement
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Olyokminsk (; , Ölüöxüme) is a town and the administrative center of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,494.
==History== It was founded in 1635 as an ostrog by the Cossacks led by Pyotr Beketov, sited on the left bank of the Lena opposite the mouth of the Olyokma River. The outpost was later moved a few kilometers upstream, to a location less prone to flooding in spring.