Must see and must do
Oldest Norilsk mine located above sea level
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Zapolyarny was the first of the mines to appear on the industrial map of Norilsk - on August 2, 1945. The mine is unique not only for the high content of platinoids in the ore, but also for the fact that its underground workings are ...
Route 7: Railway story
It’s still nice to stop near the monumental and luxurious three-storey building in order to examine the columns, clear architectural lines, to imagine how the Norilsk people lived and worked during the Stalin and post-Stalin times. Once upon a time, trains arrived from the airport and ...
Route 11: Sevastopolskaya street
It has all the features of the times that Norilsk has gone through. The same age as the first Norilsk metal, Sevastopolskaya street was the most representative and distinctive part of the city for many years. The street got its name on May 9, 1975 ...
Route 10: Dudinka seaport
In other words, if there was no port - there would have been no polar cities and such infrastructure. Nothing would have happened. It would not have been possible to get here, to the land of silence and eternal ice. In one of our previous walks, ...
Route 8: The Zero Point
The Zero Point is the place where Norilsk construction began, the absolute reference point of the territory. In appearance, the Zero Point is not particularly remarkable and more than modest. One might even say unfairly unprepossessing. It is too far from looking like a monument ...
Route 6: The first school of Norilsk
The oldest educational institution of the city last year turned 70 years old, it was built in 1949. Until 1949, before this building was constructed in the style of the classical Empire, the first school had also existed, but in a completely different design. The ...
Route 5: Most beautiful house of the 1940s
Our walks through the historic center of Norilsk began with barracks and the most visible buildings of the 1940s. The House of the Engineering and Technical Workers (HETW) was considered to be the most beautiful building, the main platform for solemn and official events of ...
Route 4: Big Ben and gateway to Arctic
Everyone who comes to Norilsk should visit not only the Old Town and natural, industrial and other tourist locations, but also the capital of the Taimyr Municipal District. The history of the development of these lands originates from Dudinka, named after the pioneer merchant Dudin. This ...
Route 3: The First House of Norilsk
In the summer of 1920, coal seams and continuous sulfide ore outcrops were discovered in the Norilsk region. To continue scientific research and the prospects for mining in this place, it was decided to organize a wintering. An expedition of eight people, headed by a ...