Vileyka (officially transliterated as Viliejka, , also Вялейка; ; ; ) is a city in Belarus and the administrative center of Vileyka District in Minsk Region. It is located on the Viliya River, northwest of Minsk. The first historical record dates from 16 November 1460. The Vileyka VLF transmitter operated by the Russian Navy is located near Vileyka (). It provides VLF communication between Russian Navy's headquarters and atomic submarines in the Atlantic, Indian and parts of the Pacific Ocean. History In the 10th–13th centuries, the territory was under the Principality of Polotsk, and in XIV–XVII under Grand Duchy of Lithuania as manor house Kurenets. The city was first mentioned in 1460 as a borough center of the Vileyka Starostwo of the Ashmyany county in Grand Duchy of Lithuania. 1635 – Władysław IV Vasa bestowed Vileyka upon Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski "for exclusive service to the state". 1765 – Vileyka has 30 houses, 165 inhabitants, and became a county center. 1793 – during the Second Partition of Poland the town is ceded to the Russian Empire. 1795 – under the decree of Catherine II of Russia the town receives the status of a city and becomes a center of Vileyka uyezd in Minsk Governorate, then Vilna Governorate (1842–1917). 1810, May 24 – almost the entire city is destroyed by the fire. 1861 – 2931 inhabitants, 1880 – 3450, by the end of 19th century – more than 3500 inhabitants. 1906 – big sawmill started. 1907 – the city acquires a branch of Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway and a city station. 1915, September 14 – occupied by the German Army, but several days later recovered by the Russian Army during the Sventiany Offensive. 1917, November 8 – Soviets come to power during the October Revolution 1918, December – occupied by German Army 1919 – ceded to Poland in the Peace of Riga following Polish–Soviet War, becoming the center of the Wilejka county in the Wilno Voivodeship (1923–1939) 1939 – annexed back to Soviet Union during the Soviet invasion of Poland in accordance with the conditions of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Becomes center of the Vileyka Voblast of BSSR Several hundred people, mostly Polish political prisoners, sick and wounded, are executed prior to the departure of the occupying Soviet guards on June 24, 1941. 1941, June 25 – occupied by troops of the German Army Group Centre during the first stage of Operation