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Feldsher’s station to appear in Popigai next year
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Materials for the construction of the feldsher’s station (FS) will be brought to Dudinka in the summer navigation of 2024. Then they will be delivered along the winter road to the village to begin construction in the spring of 2025. The land plot for ...
Big family fire lit in Taimyr
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Nornickel company initiated the grand opening of the Family Year in Taimyr - the idea was supported by the regional Association of the Krasnoyarsk Region North’s Indigenous Minorities, the district administration and all settlements of the municipal region. The celebration took place in the ...
Yakutia peoples got device for powering homes
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) have patented a device for generating electricity in the field for the North nomadic peoples’ homes. This is a thermoelectric converter that is compact, portable, reliable and easy to use. In addition, as the developers note, their device ...
North indigenous peoples become fashionable topic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The main characters of the project - the Nenets - told reporters about the specifics of life in the tundra and how they manage to preserve their centuries-old way of life. Life.ru has prepared a project about the indigenous peoples of the North. On the ...
Three quarters of Russians love winter
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The best winter recreation is outdoor sports, Russians believe, but going on a visit and just sitting at home can also be nice. This is evidenced by the results of a VTsIOM survey conducted at the end of December. Thus, 43 percent of respondents said ...
Scientists determine Arctic indigenous people’s aging rate
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Lobachevsky University, together with the Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, conducted one of the world's first studies on the climate’s negative impact on life expectancy with the participation of Yakutia indigenous population. Scientists found that due to long-term adaptation to ...
SFU develops schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s diseases treatment
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Siberian Federal University (SFU) scientists together with colleagues from Tunisia, India, Saudi Arabia and France, have synthesized crystals that they plan to use for creating a healing technique. It is expected that it may be effective in the treatment of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and ...
Vladimir Potanin charitable foundation turns 25
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation celebrated 25 years since its founding - it is one of the first private foundations in modern Russia. Since 1999, more than 40 thousand people have become its beneficiaries and scholarship recipients. Today, the foundation is a non-profit grant-making organization ...
IT camps may appear in Taimyr
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Taimyr residents can gain access to modern high-tech services in IT camps. The new commissioner for the rights of indigenous minorities in the Krasnoyarsk region, Grigory Dyukarev, spoke about this idea. In an interview with the online publication FederalPress, he noted that he had studied ...