The Norilsk Nickel company will begin construction of the new Tukhard settlement on Taimyr in 2026. Construction is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2026. The Arctic Century wrote more about Tukhard in this article.

The company does not abandon plans to build a new settlement, despite the difficult economic situation.

Tukhard arose spontaneously in the second half of the twentieth century. At that time, representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North settled in temporary housing for workers near the facilities of Norilskgazprom (a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel), which was due to the proximity to communications and household amenities. 

The settlement turned out to be in the sanitary protection zone of the enterprise.

Currently, about a thousand people are registered in the village together with reindeer herders (including nomadic reindeer herders), according to a specially conducted population census.

There is a small school where children can study up to the fourth grade. Then, the closest place is Dudinka, where they can receive full education. There is no management company in the village.

Source: The Arctic Century

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