Vikhorevka

Vikhorevka

Vikhorevka ( _ru. Вихоревка) is a town in Bratsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vikhorevka River (Angara River's tributary), 916 km northwest of Irkutsk and 35 km southwest of Bratsk. Population: 24,800 (2006 est.); 24,763 (2002 Census); 23,872 (Soviet Census (1989)
1989 Census
).

Vikhorevka was founded in 1957 as a workers' settlement due to the construction of the Tayshet–Bratsk railroad. The river (as later the railroad station and the town) was named after a Strelets sotnik Vikhor Savin, who was killed here by the Tungus people in 1630. It was granted town status in 1966.

There is a logging enterprise in the town.


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