Bakhta () is a rural locality (a village) in Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.Law #10-4765 It is part of Turukhansky Municipal District.
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.Поселок Бахта Mirnoye hamlet is located approximately 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.
Protected area The Central Siberia Nature Reserve, a protected area of the East Siberian taiga ecoregion, is located in Bakhta.
See also Tunguska Plateau, located east of the village
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External links Central Siberia Nature Reserve