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Tons of watermelons brought to Norilsk under Boris Kolesnikov

Boris Kolesnikov very quickly made a career at the Norilsk combine, having passed all the steps of the career ladder.

Norilsk сombine young workers trained in vocational school

In 1957, vocational school No. 4 was created in Norilsk on the basis of the Norilsk Industrial Institute (the current technical school for industrial technologies and services).

His subordinates called him Grandpa

The Norilsk Combine’s chief mechanic Leonid Danilov is one of the Norilsk legends: he had several dozen inventions.

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It was necessary to send and receive a huge number of cargoes from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Igarka, Arkhangelsk, and Murmansk during the short summer navigation.

Norilsk Combine’s supply system’s founder was Vasily Ksintaris

The supplier’s work in a young city was no less heroic than the miner or metallurgist’s work.

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Scientists have come up with a special diet for employees of northern enterprises

Northerners to eat healthy Arctic food

Bread, desserts and other products will be stuffed with vitamins and microelements from northern berries, algae, pine needles and mushrooms.

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He went from convict to Norilsk Combine’s deputy director

The 19-year-old soldier had been sentenced for ten years for ‘treason to ...

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Norilsk kindergartens located on residential buildings’ first floors

Today there is only one such kindergarten.

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You must build us plant from start to finish

The Norilsk Combine's director Vladimir Dolgih asked about this the young engineer ...

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If we can’t go to China, we want to go to Norilsk

The geologist Viktor Kravtsov became the Talnah ores’ discoverer twice.

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Talnah sinkers were fastest in Siberia and Far East

Evgeny Astashin and his colleagues were at the forefront in the mines’ ...

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What street do four houses and one palace stand in row?

This question once sounded in the Norilsk version of popular quiz game ...

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Boris Kolesnikov headed Norilsk Combine for 15 years

This term was a record among all the Norilsk’s city-forming enterprise’s heads.

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Ivan Iyevlev was first to touch Norilsk nickel

Like many specialists of the 1940s, the future Combine’s chief metallurgist was ...

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Two-story buildings stood opposite Zapolyarnik stadium

There was the so-called 17th quarter.

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