Bakhta_(Turukhansky_district)
Bakhta, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Village in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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]