History spot

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. An ambulance station in Norilsk appeared on February 1, 1939. It was organized at an outpatient clinic for civilians. There were only five people on the staff: a doctor, two paramedics, a nurse and a ‘technical staff’ - a driver who was in ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the early 1960s, there was an ordinary dining room in the premises of the restaurant, loved by the Norilsk people. Above its entrance, a slogan ran: “Our generation will live in communism!” But soon the dining room was transformed into a cafe Molodyozhnoye, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The initiator of the first beauty contest in Norilsk in 1989 was the city Komsomol committee, and the money was given by a cooperative society with the self-explanatory name Sponsor. 68 beauties came to the podium, which was specially installed in the Arctica sports palace, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the early 1960s, when the current Ordzhonikidze street was being built in Norilsk, the square with the turning circle at its beginning was also planned to be named after the people's commissar of Heavy Industry. Today it is an unnamed intersection of Ordzhonikidze, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In 1963, between Shkolnaya and Stroitelnaya streets, a three-storey canteen shop was built. The building housed a grocery store, cooking and dining rooms. The site became the main object of social and cultural life: weddings were celebrated ther, and veterans were seen off to retirement. The ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The whole city took part in the construction of the complex on Sevastopolskaya street: the Norilsk residents worked on weekends that spring in order to transfer the money they earned to the monument construction fund. At the same time, the city executive committee named the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In 1944, a holiday home for 100 family places and a pioneer camp for 200 children were opened there. The priority for recovery was given to the children of front-line soldiers, invalids of the Great Patriotic War and excellent students in poor health. The residents ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Two sites were considered for construction: not far from the Norilsk Industrial Institute and in the area of ​​Dolgoye lake. As a result, the latter was chosen. But in 1966, the Council of Ministers of the USSR set a different task for the polar city ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In June 1971, the city newspaper wrote: “Urban Planners - this is the conventional name of the future movie, which will be dedicated to the problems of modern architecture and urban planning. Young spouses-architects are in the center of the film. The actress ...