Tiksi was connected only by helicopter flights and winter roads. It is served by the Tiksi Airport, which was shut down by the Defense Ministry on October 1, 2012 except for helicopters. Tiksi serves as one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Tiksi is incorporated within Bulunsky Municipal District as Tiksi Urban Settlement. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Bulunsky District as the Settlement of Tiksi. Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Tiksi serves as the administrative center of Bulunsky District. Despite its rapid population decline, it remains the world's most northerly settlement with a population of over 5,000.Īdministrative and municipal status Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tiksi's population has declined markedly and many of its apartment blocks have been abandoned. During the Cold War, Tiksi saw military construction projects at Tiksi North and Tiksi West airfields. Modern Tiksi was founded in 1933 urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1939. The remaining members of the expedition returned to Saint Petersburg, while Captain Fyodor Matisen went to Yakutsk. Zarya was finally moored close to Brusneva Island in the Tiksi Bay, never to leave the place again. 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. During 1902, the attempts to reach Sannikov Land continued while Zarya was trapped in fast ice. 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. JSTOR ( September 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification.

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