  The search for resonant absorption of Compton and bremsstrahlung solar axions
by $^{169}$Tm nuclei have been performed. Such an absorption should lead to the
excitation of low-lying nuclear energy level: $A+^{169}$Tm $\rightarrow
^{169}$Tm$^*$ $\rightarrow ^{169}$Tm $+ \gamma$ (8.41 keV). Additionally the
axio-electric effect in silicon atoms is sought. The axions are detected using
a Si(Li) detectors placed in a low-background setup. As a result, a new model
independent restrictions on the axion-electron and the axion-nucleon coupling:
$g_{Ae}\times|g^0_{AN}+ g^3_{AN}|\leq 2.1\times10^{-14}$ and the axion-electron
coupling constant: $|g_{Ae}| \leq 2.2\times 10^{-10}$ has been obtained. The
limits leads to the bounds $m_{A}\leq$ 7.9 eV and $m_{A}\leq$ 1.3 keV for the
mass of the axion in the DFSZ and KSVZ models, respectively ($90\%$ C.L.).
