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Mirny

Mirny is a town in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 820 kilometers (510 mi) west of Yakutsk on the Irelyakh River (Vilyuy's basin). Population: 37,179 (2010 Census preliminary results).

It was founded in 1955 after the discovery of a nearby kimberlite pipe by expedition led by Yuri Khabardin; it has had town status since 1959.

The town is served by Mirny Airport.

There is a massive diamond pit in the town. It is 525-meter (1,722 ft) deep and has a diameter of 1.25 kilometers (0.78 mi).

The Mirny Polytechnic Institute, a branch of Sakha (Yakutsk) State University, is located in the town.

Google panorama: goo.gl/maps/PQ8qby2P1qdsFoeh9

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirny,_Sakha_Republic
62°31'57"N   113°59'39"E
Mirny on the map.

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