Bakhta, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai

Village in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Bakhta

Бахта

Village[1]

Bakhta waterfront

Location of Bakhta

Bakhta

Location of Bakhta

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Bakhta

Bakhta (Krasnoyarsk Krai)

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Coordinates: 62°27′52″N 89°0′8″E﻿ / ﻿62.46444°N 89.00222°E﻿ / 62.46444; 89.00222
Country| Russia
Federal subject| Krasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Administrative district| Turukhansky District[1]
Founded| 1745 as "Bakhtinsky"
Population

(2010 Census)[2]

• Total

| 220

Municipal status

• Municipal district| Turukhansky Municipal District[3]
Time zone| UTC+7 (MSK+4 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]|

663245

OKTMO ID| 04654701912

Bakhta (Russian: Бахта) is a rural locality (a village)[6] in Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.[1] It is part of Turukhansky Municipal District.[3]

The village is located in the right bank of the Yenisei, by its confluence with the Bakhta River. There is a pier for boats reaching the village. Bakhta houses the Museum of Taiga Traditions.[7] Mirnoye hamlet is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south of Bakhta, also on the same bank of the Yenisei.

The 2010 movie Happy People: A Year in the Taiga by Werner Herzog focuses on the life of the people in the village of Bakhta.[8]

## Protected area

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The Central Siberia Nature Reserve, a protected area of the East Siberian taiga ecoregion, is located in the limits of Bakhta.[9]

Map of the Central Siberia Nature Reserve

## See also

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* Tunguska Plateau, located east of the village

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Law #10-4765
2. ^ All-Russian Population Census 2010. Results for the Krasnoyarsk Territory. 1.10 The population of the city districts, municipal districts, etc. (in Russian)
3. ^ a b Законодательное собрание Красноярского края. Закон №13-2925 от 28 января 2005 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Туруханский район и находящихся в его границах иных муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №5-1826 от 21 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Законы края об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципальных образований Красноярского края». Вступил в силу через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости высших органов государственной власти Красноярского края", №5, 7 февраля 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Law #13-2925 of January 28, 2005 On Establishing the Borders and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formation of Turukhansky District and to Other Municipal Formations Within Its Borders, as amended by the Law #5-1826 of November 21, 2013 On Amending the Krai Laws on Establishing the Borders and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formations of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Effective as of ten days after the official publication.).
4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
6. ^ "Устав Муниципального образования Туруханский район Красноярского края". Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
7. ^ Поселок Бахта Archived April 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
8. ^ "Siberian Hunters in Their Element", The New York Times, January 24, 2013
9. ^ "Central Siberia Zapovednik" (in Russian). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia). Retrieved January 9, 2020.

## External links

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* Central Siberia Nature Reserve (in Russian)