History spot

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Over the years, this area has changed so much that only the building of the Norilsk Industrial Institute, now the Polar State University, remains in its original condition. Even that building is currently undergoing renovations. This photo, taken in 1964, was shot from the highest ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. This photo captures the early days of the modern city, showcasing the first buildings of its current neighborhoods, which, unfortunately, no longer exist. This is 1942. During that challenging time, most efforts were focused on industrial projects. The construction of a thermal power plant and ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. 1945. The construction of Sevastopolskaya street was coming to an end - one of the first two streets established in Norilsk. It shared its status with the neighboring Pionerskaya street, as they each had one corner house between them. However, while Pionerskaya street was ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. When the first phase of Norilsk’s construction was planned, the city was divided into small blocks. Before the official street names and house numbers were assigned, the addresses of the first residents were something like: “Gorstroy, block 9, house 10”. In 1947, the executive ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In this photo, the photographer documented the construction of the last courtyards in the historical part of Norilsk. The year is 1957: a residential building is being built at Pavlova street, 3, along with neighboring buildings that aren’t visible in the frame – Lenin ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Bogdan Hmelnitsky street was called Pionerskaya until 1954. It was one of the first – in half with Sevastopolskaya – streets of Gorstroy, the modern part of Norilsk. This area has always been valued and considered prestigious. Although it did not pretend to be ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Throughout the city’s history, it has moved about a dozen times, following the changing cultural and social centers. The first public street New Year tree, according to the recollections of Norilsk residents, was erected on December 30, 1939 - in front of the building ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The desire to have a New Year fun does not depend on time or place. The holiday came to everyone equally, even in those years when Norilsk residents had nothing to decorate their Christmas trees with. From the memoirs of one of the first Norilsk ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The residents of Snezhnogorsk are either workers of the hydroelectric power station or their wives, children, parents. They also have a common product - energy, due to which Norilsk, Dudinka, and Igarka live. The construction of a hydroelectric power station on Taimyr was first thought ...