Vilyuchinsk
thumb|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 across Avacha Bay from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Vilyuchinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Вилючинск
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Вилючинск.JPG
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- left
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coats of Arms of Viluchinsk.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Viluchinsk.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Kamchatka Krai
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Vilyuchinsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Vilyuchinsky Urban Okrug
Article
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- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy
- Religion
- References
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- Sources
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thumb|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 across Avacha Bay from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population:
==History== It was founded as Sovetsky () 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.