Society
Polar State University announced new specialties
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the 2023/24 academic year, the only state university in Norilsk is opening three new programs in addition to traditional specialties: Advanced Technologies in Metallurgy, Digital Engineering and 3D Metal Printing, Digital Marketing and Content Management. At least 15 people are recruited for new areas ...
Norilsk woman got medal For Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation of Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Everyone comes to the LizaAlert volunteer group in Norilsk out of conviction. The desire to help others, especially when it comes to children, is an inner desire for many. Anastasia Gnatyuk, senior information coordinator of the Krasnoyarsk region LizaAlert squad, believes that each of her ...
Nornickel donated five more apartments to Taimyr indigenous peoples orphans
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. As part of the program to promote the Taimyr social and economic development, the Norilsk Nickel company representatives handed over the keys to five apartments to orphans from among the indigenous peoples of the North. The program has been implemented since 2020 and ...
Norilsk residents to receive parcels and cargo faster
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The transport company PEK, a multiservice logistics operator, which is included in the backbone organizations of the Russian economy list, has launched transportation along the Northern Sea Route and delivery to Norilsk by river. In the northern city the branch was opened three months ...
Year-round pavilion and pontoon pier to appear near City lake
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The City lake has a long history. Its very name has become a local legend. For example, according to historian Vyacheslav Blohin, in former times it was called Cozy. Later, the townspeople often called the lake School, because there are three schools on its banks. ...
Russian Arctic population decreased by five percent in ten years
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists are concerned that many graduates leave the Russian Arctic for higher education and never return. This leads to a decrease and aging of the population in the Arctic. Over the past ten years, the number of the Russian Arctic inhabitants has decreased by about ...
Taimyr Reindeer herders get sanatorium treatment
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Reindeer herders of Taimyr with their families returned from a two-week course of sanatorium-resort and rehabilitation treatment at the Yubileiny sanatorium in Zheleznogorsk. This year, 15 people have rested there. Taimyr reindeer herders have used this support measure for the fourth year in a row. ...
Another labor prowess symbol to appear in Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The city planning council at the Norilsk mayor's office discussed the draft of the Norilsk people heroic labor sign and the place for its installation. The project developer proposed the area of the old settlement of Alykel as the first location for the sign. There ...
Polar State University to launch health saving project
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Polar State University’s Health Ecology research center has won a grant from Nornickel's World of New Opportunities social project competition and will launch a health-saving project. The project, using modern equipment, will help assess the schoolchildren and students’s health in Norilsk. The Health Ecology ...