Society
Taimyr schoolboy invents transforming table for small flats
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Eleventh grader from Dudinka Mikhail Balinsky presented his development at the municipal conference of research and design work - a multifunctional table for small spaces. The student’s invention can be a dining place with a bar counter, a work table, and, if necessary, an ironing ...
Indigenous people to learn native language in internet
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Federal Institute of the Native Languages of the Peoples of Russia will develop an educational portal and teaching aids for studying the languages of the indigenous peoples of the North. As a rule, indigenous children are bilingual, communicate both in Russian and in ...
Nornickel to support Taimyr indigenous peoples with grants
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Nornickel has summed up the results of the first grant competition, The World of Taimyr. Its winners - tribal communities, non-profit and budgetary organizations - will use the grants to implement projects aimed not only at preserving long-term traditions and at developing the ...
Another versatile sports ground appeared in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In 2014, the Nornickel company began to develop social entrepreneurship as one of the areas of the World of New Opportunities charitable program in the territories of its presence. Over the years, social entrepreneurs have submitted 2509 applications, of which 639 projects received ...
Children in Arctic are happier than their southern peers
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Psychologists at Tomsk State University (TSU) have found that schoolchildren from villages and small Arctic cities subjectively feel more prosperous than their peers from Tomsk region. The research project of TSU students Vladimir Bodur and Grigory Chemerskoy took second place at the all-Russian ...
Forum united cities
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The social technologies forum is taking place these days in four cities where Nornickel operates - Chita, Norilsk, Monchegorsk and Nickel. The event of the World of New Opportunities charitable program is being held for the seventh time. The topic of the forum ...
Nornickel to help Kola Saami
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The agreement was reached in Murmansk at a meeting between the vice-president for federal and regional programs of Nornickel Andrey Grachev and the president of the Kola Saami Association Elena Rocheva. Recall, according to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, 1599 Saami ...
Upcycling workshop opens in Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The main idea of the workshop is a new life for old things! The SWAP party will teach you how to make stylish bows-jewelry from a leather jacket, show a new collection of outfits from the ShandyCandy charity store and ...
Online translator for indigenous peoples
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Russia has begun to create an online translator for the languages of indigenous peoples, including those living in the Arctic zone. Experts have developed a model for filling an electronic dictionary-glossary for the languages of 19 indigenous nations. “Russia is approaching the ...