Norilsk chooses its heroes

This year, the number of people who voted in the Northern City’s Hero project has reached a record high - more than 85 thousand Norilsk residents supported the participants.

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Territory genius

Nornickel’s employee conquered Elbrus

Nornickel’s employee conquered Elbrus

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Every day, Norilskshahtservis – a Nornickel structure enterprise’s – specialists repair various mining equipment underground and on the ground, and their work is coordinated by the production department, headed by Artur Valiyev. On the eve of Miner's Day, a holiday not only for those who ...

Arctic coffee invented in Norilsk

Arctic coffee invented in Norilsk

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. More than ten years ago, when Sergey Serbin opened his online store selling coffee and began promoting this noble drink in Norilsk, he could not imagine that his product would become a recognizable brand. The Nornickel company provided an interest-free loan to the entrepreneur ...

Natalia Sveshnikova: “Fate and profession are connected with Norilsk”

Natalia Sveshnikova: “Fate and profession are connected with Norilsk”

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. They are Natalia Sveshnikova, deputy head physician for obstetric and gynecological care of the perinatal center, and Gennady Sveshnikov, deputy head physician for organizational and methodological work of polyclinic No.1. Natalia Sveshnikova has given 48 years to Norilsk: here she graduated from school No. 3, ...

Polar captain told about icebreaker everyday life

Polar captain told about icebreaker everyday life

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. There are currently seven operating nuclear-powered icebreakers in Russia. In the near future, two more nuclear ship will be launched - Yakutia and Chukotka. A unique nuclear-powered icebreaker of project 10510 Rossiya (Russia) is being built in the Far East - it is larger ...

Ancestral culture to have its future

Ancestral culture to have its future

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. We continue the series of publications about the Nornickel corporate festival Stars Corporation winners. Today we will tell you about Anfisa Nikiforova and the ethno-folklore group Yurgel. As is clear from Anfisa's position title, work with the culture of the North indigenous low-numbered peoples is ...

Icebreaker chief mate told about watch at Earth top

Icebreaker chief mate told about watch at Earth top

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Diana Kidzhi, the first female navigator and chief assistant in the nuclear icebreaker fleet, has been working on the 50 Let Pobedy icebreaker for five years. In winter, the ship sails along the Northern Sea Route - provides passage and icebreaking support in the ...

Taimyr bone carver shares his secrets

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 ...

Uncle Kolya: Zero Point hermit’s story

Uncle Kolya: Zero Point hermit’s story

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The man has an apartment in Norilsk, but he is staying where he worked almost all his life - in the industrial zone, on the site of a garage that was disbanded many years ago. Now, when according to the renovation program, the territory is ...

Norilsk woman portrayed Putorana plateau captivating world

Norilsk woman portrayed Putorana plateau captivating world

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Galina Kosheyeva, chief specialist of the Norilsknickelremont LLC planning and economic department, is the debutant of the Stars Corporation Nornickel corporative competition. For her, it was a creative competitive debut in the Stars Corporation: Galina had not participated in this project or in another competition ...