Yelizovo

Yelizovo is a town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, situated on the Avacha River 32 kilometers or 20 mi northwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Established in 1848 as the selo of Stary Ostrog, it was renamed Zavoyko in 1897, after the Russian chief of naval operations Vasily Zavoyko who drove the guard of Petropavlovsk in 1854. The town was renamed Yelizovo in 1924. Urban-type settlement status was conceded to it in 1964, and town status was allowed in 1975. Inside the system of authoritative divisions, Yelizovo fills in as the managerial focal point of Yelizovsky District, despite the fact that it's anything but a piece of it.

As a regulatory division, it is consolidated as Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction — a managerial unit with the status equivalent to that of the districts. As a city division, Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is joined as Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement inside Yelizovsky Municipal District. The town's most outstanding distinguishing strength is filling in as the host for Petropavlovsk – Kamchatsky Airport, the biggest airplane terminal on Kamchatka. A noteworthy Soviet space telemetry station, NIP-6, was additionally found close-by.