
Culture

Former cook revives native Arctic cuisine
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The idea came to Andrey Anikiyev in Latvia, where the chef collected the ingredients for future dishes in the forest. This approach turned out to be close to the Russian: he decided to replace Italian pasta and Japanese sushi in his native Arhangelsk ...

Taimyr Art Seasons reached Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Taimyr Museum of Local Lore’s employees visited the children’s tourism and excursions station in Norilsk with an outing program. Classes with pupils were held as part of the Taimyr Art Seasons project, supported by the Nornickel’ World of New Opportunities charity program grant. For ...

Ethnographers study Taimyr indigenous people’s traditions
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In autumn 2023 - spring 2024, specialists from the Taimyr House of Folk Art will go on historical and ethnographic expeditions to the Hatanga and Dudinsky regions of the peninsula to study the traditions of the indigenous peoples of Taimyr. The plans include communication with ...

Nornickel to help with Krasnoyarsk theater reconstruction
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In Krasnoyarsk, the results of the competition for the reconstruction of the Opera and Ballet Theater were summed up. Applications were submitted by more than 30 architects and companies from Russia and abroad. There were seven contenders in the final. According to the selection results, ...

Gifts with northern character presented in Norilsk showroom
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A showroom was opened in the creative space of the Norilsk Development Agency on Komsomolskaya street, 33a. The 2022 Sever collection is already presented here: clothes, textiles, accessories and ceramics, as well as items from previous years’ collections. Creative space is a new point of ...

Taimyr bone carver shares his secrets
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Aleksey Chunanchar, a representative of the oldest Taimyr ethnic group, Nganasan, has been engaged in bone carving for 20 years. He is not a hereditary master - the first bone carver in the family. His father was engaged only in cutting sledges. Alexey draws ...

Norilsk Art Gallery presents iconic works by Boris Molchanov
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. An exhibition of works by the first professional Dolgan artist, the USSR Artists Union member, Taimyr Honorary Citizen Boris Molchanov (1938-1993) - Distant Star Light - was opened in the Norilsk Museum’s art gallery. The large-scale inter-museum exposition presented more than a hundred works of ...

Norilsk residents developed Arctic gastronomic tourism concept
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The educational track is dedicated to building effective communication, restaurant business trends, lean manufacturing, promotion tools, staff search and motivation, financial and tax accounting. Additional vocational education is organized within the Norilsk Development Agency (NDA) on the gastronomic industry transformation. Classes are conducted by well-known ...

Game with hare skull and defile in national clothes
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the sports and entertainment complex Arena guests from the Taimyr Main Chum, dedicated to the the Taimyr House of Folk Art’s anniversary, performed with a new program. In the Arena’s atrium there is a stylized ethnic camp with a plague. Expositions with clothes and ...