Bykovsky, Sakha Republic Explained

En Name:Bykovsky
Ru Name:Быковский
Loc Name1:Быковскай
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:72.0167°N 135°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Bulunsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Bykovsky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Adm Ctr Of:Bykovsky Rural Okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Bulunsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Bykovsky Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Bykovsky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:517
Pop Latest:514
Pop Latest Date:January 2016
Pop Latest Ref:[2] [3]
Postal Codes:678412

Bykovsky (Russian: Быковский; Yakut: Быковскай|translit=Bıkovskay) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Bykovsky Rural Okrug of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 80km (50miles) from Tiksi, the administrative center of the district.[4] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 517,[5] up from 363 recorded during the 2002 Census.

People from around Bykovskiy were among those who helped save some of the USS Jeannette survivors.[6]

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  1. Law #173-Z 353-III
  2. Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года Population of the districts of the republic on January 1, 2016
  3. The results of the 2016 estimate are given for Bykovsky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Bulunsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Bykovsky is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Bykovsky Rural Settlement.
  4. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  5. Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities)
  6. Web site: Sides. Hampton. Tracing the Steps of Lost Explorers in Miserable, Beautiful Siberia. Outside. Outside. 1 May 2017.