“How to get to Hantaika?”

Norilsk often hosted journalists and writers, but was not always the final destination of their journey. They drove from the city, sailed, and flew.

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Talnah was Norilsk new life symbol

Talnah was Norilsk new life symbol

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Talnah was a symbol of the new life of Norilsk: its ores were found precisely when the city and the combine were on the verge of mothballing. And such a plot, of course, was a godsend for authors. Not just every year - almost every ...

First electric stoves in Norilsk appeared in 1960s

First electric stoves in Norilsk appeared in 1960s

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. It is interesting that stoves were installed not only in Stalinist kitchens, but even in the first Hrushchev-era buildings - on Leninsky prospect, Zavenyagin street. And this despite the fact that kitchens there were very limited in usable area. Residents of those years complained ...

Journalists and writers frequented Norilsk in 1960s

Journalists and writers frequented Norilsk in 1960s

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The enthusiastic tone rose to the point that the thermal power plant splashers were called a ‘cascade of fountains’, and the old creaking lift to Shmidtiha mount was called the ‘Norilsk metro’. Reports about Norilsk can be found in many books. But it’s more interesting ...

“Who is this annoying old man?”

“Who is this annoying old man?”

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences Lev Mahlaev was a veteran of field geology: he had more than 30 expedition seasons in Taimyr, the Polar and Subpolar Urals. About his work, including in our region, he wrote an autobiographical book, Half a Century in ...

Trip to Norilsk was worth working for years in Soviet Union

Trip to Norilsk was worth working for years in Soviet Union

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. For five days, the guests were driven along an already established route: the Medvezhiy Roochey mine, the Copper plant, Talnah, construction sites, an experimental kindergarten, shops. The guests met with Norilsk residents - on the streets and at workplaces, in an excavator cabin or a ...

“The city of polar metallurgists, Norilsk, is particularly good”

“The city of polar metallurgists, Norilsk, is particularly good”

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Often our city was a tourist attraction, which was visited and examined with interest by guests of varying degrees of fame. They described their impressions in books. It can be very interesting to read excerpts in the form of such ‘snapshots’ of our city. Here, ...

Outdoor trade and catering took place in Norilsk every summer

Outdoor trade and catering took place in Norilsk every summer

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Industrial trade on Theater square opened a summer fair where they sold perfumes, haberdashery, stationery, household goods, as well as goods at discounted prices. Products for children and dishes were sold in kiosks and tents. In front of the Krasnoyarsk Stolby restaurant there was a ...

Food parcels sent from Norilsk to mainland during shortage times

Food parcels sent from Norilsk to mainland during shortage times

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At the same time, supplies were still good in Norilsk. And the flow of gifts sent to relatives changed direction - delicious parcels were no longer sent to the Arctic, but the other way round. Local authorities had to temporarily prohibit the acceptance of products ...

This year mushroom season  please Norilsk residents

This year mushroom season please Norilsk residents

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The only thing that doesn’t grow here is the king of mushrooms – the porcini mushroom. It is believed that there are no poisonous mushrooms in Taimyr. This is explained by the fact that there are no toxins in permafrost soil that poisonous mushrooms absorb. However, ...