Tiksi
| Tiksi (English) Тикси (Russian) Тиксии (Sakha) |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Bulunsky District |
| Settlement | Settlement of Tiksi |
| Administrative center of | Bulunsky District, Settlement of Tiksi |
| Municipal status (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Bulunsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Tiksi Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Bulunsky Municipal District, Tiksi Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 5,063 inhabitants |
| Population (January 2016 est.) | 4,556 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1939 |
| Postal code(s) | 678400, 678403, 678409 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41167 |
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| 2010 Census | 5,063 |
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| 2002 Census | 5,873 |
| 1989 Census | 11,649 |
| 1979 Census | 9,505 |
Tiksi (Russian: Ти́кси; IPA: [ˈtʲiksʲɪ]; Yakut: Тиксии, Tiksii – lit. a moorage place) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the shore of the Buor-Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea, southeast of the delta of the Lena River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,063.
In August 1901, Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land but was soon blocked by floating drift 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 traveling away from Bennett Island towards the south on loose ice floes. Zarya was finally moored close to Brusneva Island in the Tiksi Bay, never to leave the place again. The remaining members of the expedition returned to St. Petersburg, while Captain Fyodor Matisen went to Yakutsk.
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