| Official Name: | Tukhard |
| Native Name Lang: | Тухард |
| Settlement Type: | Rural locality (selo) |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 814 |
| Utc Offset1: | +7 |
Tukhard (ru|Тухард ) is a rural locality (a selo) in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai in northern Russia, west of Dudinka in the Gydanskii tundra, on the banks of the Bolshaya Kheta River, from its confluence with the Yenisey.[1] Inhabited by the Nenets people, it is noted for its natural gas production by the company Norilskgazprom along the Messoyakha-Dudinka-Norilsk gas pipeline, and its reindeer herding and meat and fishing. In 2010 it had a population of 814 people.
In 1968, the village of Tukhard was formed as the starting point for the construction of the Messoyakha-Dudinka-Norilsk gas pipeline, and Norilskgazprom established a transshipment base on the banks of the Bolshaya Kheta.[1] The workers for Norilskgazprom built the first buildings in Tukhard.[2] [1] The name of the village is a combination of two Nenets words: "tu" - fire and "harad" meaning house - meaning "a place where fire is made" (natural gas).[1]
In the 1970s, a runway was built in Tukhard to cater for small aircraft.[1] In 1978, the executive committee of the district council decided to divide the Oktyabrsky state farm in the Ust-Yenisei region into a reindeer herding and fishing farm. In 1979, drilling rigs and equipment for the Tukhard state farm were delivered to gas producers by the Fyodor Bondar tugboat.[1]
On May 25, 2002, the village of Tukhard, which was previously subordinate to the administration of Dudinka, was transferred to the administration of the Ust-Yenisei region, and is one of the largest villages within the Karaul rural settlement area. In 2010 the settlement had a population of 814 people.[1]
Tukhard lies along the Messoyakha gas pipeline, connecting it with Dudinka and Norilsk.[3] Three quarters of the community households are nomadic pastoralists, and the village is known for its reindeer meat.[3] In 1985, the village had 15,882 reindeer, [4] and by 2011 this had increased to over 29,000, with around 50 families employed in the industry. 20 families are employed in the fishing industry.[1]
The village has an elementary school, a hospital, a library, a post office, a rural house of culture, a bakery, and private shops.[1] There are 83 houses and 119 apartments in Tukhard.
The rare Enets language is spoken by several inhabitants of the village.[5] On the second and third Sundays of April, the Day of the Reindeer Breeder festival is held. Reindeer sled races are held by the locals along the frozen Bolshaya Kheta River. [1]