Vyksa
{{Short description|Town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia}}
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File:Double curvature steel lattice Shell by Shukhov in Vyksa 1897 shell.jpg steel gridshell by Vladimir Shukhov (under construction), Vyksa, 1897]]
File:Vyksa Shukhov tower.ogv diagrid hyperboloid tower in Vyksa]]
Vyksa ({{langx|ru|Вы́кса}}) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River, {{convert|186|km|sp=us}} southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=56,201|p2002=61,657|p1989=61,149}}
History
Vyksa was founded in 1765 and was granted town status in 1934.{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|pages=96}}
Etymology
From a substrate Finno-Ugric language (cf. {{langx|fi|vuoksi}} 'flow').{{cite book|author=Л. Трубе|title=Как возникли географические названия Горьковской области|year=1962|location=Gorky|page=102}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four work settlements and forty-three rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Vyksa—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #184-Z As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Vyksa is incorporated as Vyksa Urban Okrug.Law #51-Z
References
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- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|niz|adm|law}}
- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|niz|mun|list|vyksa}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090206233605/http://vyksaneversleeps.ru/ Interactive map of Vyksa] {{in lang|ru}}
- [http://www.vsw.ru/en/town_en/ Vyksa Steel Works] {{in lang|ru}}
- [https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Vyksa Pictures of Vyksa]
- [http://vykza.ru/ Vyksa news]
- [http://z-vyksa.ru/ Virtual Book about Vyksa]
- [http://wyksa.ru/ Virtual Vyksa]
- [https://archive.today/20070618100631/http://www.5-tv.ru/news/details.php?newsId=6838 Video about Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and Vyksa] {{in lang|it}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Category:Populated places established in 1765
Category:Ardatovsky Uyezd (Nizhny Novgorod Governorate)
Category:Lattice shell structures by Vladimir Shukhov
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Category:Former urban-type settlements of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast