Vikhorevka
Sign in to savethumb Vikhorevka () is a town in Bratsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vikhorevka River (Angara River's tributary), northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast, and southwest of Bratsk. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Vikhorevka
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Вихоревка
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Vikhorevka.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Old railway station building in Vikhorevka
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Bratsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Bratsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Vikhorevskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
- Vikhorevskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 22520
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1957
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1966
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 665770–665772
- Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes
- 3953
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://www.adm-vih.ru/
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thumb Vikhorevka () is a town in Bratsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vikhorevka River (Angara River's tributary), northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast, and southwest of Bratsk. Population:
==History== It was founded in 1957 as a workers' settlement due to the construction of the western section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline between Tayshet and Bratsk. The river, the railway station, and the town were named after Vikhor Savin, a Strelets sotnik who was killed here by the Tungus people in 1630. It was granted town status in 1966.