Tiksi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Tiksi (English) Тикси (Russian) |
|
|---|---|
| — Inhabited locality — | |
 |
|
  Location of Tiksi on the map of Russia
|
|
| Coordinates: 71°38′N 128°52′E / 71.633°N 128.867°ECoordinates: 71°38′N 128°52′E / 71.633°N 128.867°E | |
| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2002 Census) | 5,873 inhabitants[1] |
| Founded | 1933[citation needed] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41167[citation needed] |
Tiksi (Russian: Тикси) is a port settlement in Bulunsky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea. It is served by Tiksi Airport, and saw other military construction projects during the Cold War at Tiksi North and Tiksi West airfields.
Population: 5,100 (2004 est.)[citation needed]; 5,873 (2002 Census); 11,649 (1989 Census).
[edit] History
In August 1901 Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) but was soon blocked by floating pack ice in the New Siberian Islands. During 1902 the attempts to reach Sannikov Land continued while Zarya was trapped in fast ice. Leaving the ship, Russian Arctic explorer Baron Eduard Toll and three companions vanished forever in November 1902 while travelling away from Bennett Island towards the south on loose ice floes.
Zarya was finally moored close to Brusneva Island in the Bay of Tiksi (Bukhta Tiksi), never to leave the place again. The remaining members of the expedition returned to Saint Petersburg, while Captain Matisen went to Yakutsk.
[edit] References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- William Barr, Baron Eduard von Toll's Last Expedition: The Russian Polar Expedition, 1900–1903
[edit] External links
Media related to Tiksi at Wikimedia Commons
 |
This Sakha Republic location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
