Baranikha, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Baranikha (Russian: Бара́ниха) is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 33 (2002 Census); 1,996 (1989 Census). The 2002 census data shows the population to consist of twenty-three males and ten females, despite the fact that the village had been formally closed in 1999. By 2005, this had fallen to only 15 people according to an environmental impact report for the Kupol Gold Project, although other sources suggest that the population had risen to 460 only a year later.