History spot

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The plan for the metals production grew strongly, and this was together with an acute shortage of workers. It was necessary to attract civilian specialists, and labor costs at the Norilsk plant became approximately three times higher than in the middle lane of ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. They were ill-suited for the Far North, and local architects offered their own options. This was the experimental Epstein House - named after the project author - built in 1957 on Octyabrskaya street. By the way, the engineer Hierohim Epstein later became one of 11 ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the mid-1950s, after Soviet leader Nikita Hrushchev visited the United States, corn was cultivated in all regions of the Soviet Union. Even the Far North was no exception. The combine’s farms, and they were not only in Norilsk and Dudinka, but also in Kureika, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The zoo opened in 1987. It was located in shabby garages opposite the current gas station, behind Hantayskaya street. It all started as a zoo club - with goats, sheep, pigs, chickens and rabbits. But later, visiting circuses and menageries-tourists began to leave their pets ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. They tried to give children in Norilsk special care in order to compensate for the disadvantages of life in the North. For example, in the 1960s, in summer, a real carousel was installed on the site of the future house of ...

#ARCTIC.#SIBERIA.THIS ISTAIMYR. The whole city built and equipped the two-story building on Octyabrskaya street: tables and chairs were made at the woodworking plant, blackboards and drawing boards were made at the brick one, and journalist Yevgeny Ryabchikov was sent to Moscow to get textbooks and manuals. The ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In winter, there was nothing in the center of the square, not even a turning circle with a lawn. This made snow removal much easier. And in the summer, starting from the mid-1950s, a seasonal flower bed was set up there. In the center of ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A large gym was built next to the first Dynamo stadium in Norilsk, opened during the war years. The author of the project was the architect Konstantin Kashin-Linde. Here is how Anatoly Lvov wrote about the construction beginning in the book Norilsk Sports Climate: “On May ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The calls, slogans and portraits placed on the twin towers and adjacent houses were clearly visible from afar, from the old town, and near the train station, which was located next to the square. In the early 1960s, the huge letters Glory of the CPSU ...