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Yelizovo is a
town in
Kamchatka Krai,
Russia, located on the
Avacha River 32 km north-west of
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population: 41,533 (
2002 Census); 46,929 (
1989 Census).
Founded in 1848 as the village (
selo) of
Stary Ostrog, it was renamed
Zavoyko in 1897, after the Russian admiral
Vasily Zavoyko who lead the
defense of Petropavlovsk in 1854. The village was renamed Yelizovo in 1923.
Urban-type settlement status since 1964; town status since 1975.
Its most notable claim to fame is serving as the host for
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, the largest airport on Kamchatka. A major Soviet space telemetry station, NIP-6, was also located nearby.
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