History spot
Polyarka-2015 left two performances in Norilsk theater playbill
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Bad weather delayed theater critics at various airports, and only Oleg Loyevsky broke through to the Polyarka theatrical laboratory in January 2015. The presence of the curator of all Russian laboratories was enough for not a single spectator to leave ...
Why 30 officials came to Norilsk in 1988
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the spring of 1988, about thirty deputy ministers came to learn from the Norilsk experience in organizing consumer services: representatives of non-ferrous metallurgy, consumer services and heavy engineering. The deputy chairmen of the State Planning Committee, the State Committee ...
Olympic bear and sable Kesha met in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The ceremonial opening of the games, where the symbol of the 1980 Olympics handed the baton to the symbol of the Spartakiad-82 sable Kesha, took place at the Arctic sports palace. By that time, the sports complex had turned 11 years ...
In Soviet times metallurgists’ health was subject of congresses
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The problem of protecting the health of metallurgists during all the years of Soviet power was one of the important state tasks. Decisions on disease prevention and health promotion were adopted at party congresses. There was a powerful system for ...
In February 40 years ago Nadezhda smelted first metal
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A rally of thousands of Nadezhda builders took place on February 16, 1981, but this was only an intermediate result. The act of acceptance into operation of the Nadezhda metallurgical plant’s second stage with a good rating was signed by the ...
1973 was year of rapid driving
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. By November 6, 1973, Yury Chubinsky’s drifting team had covered 335 meters in a month. The pre-launch year of the Octyabrsky mine went down in history as the year of high-speed driving. Although records were set at all mines in ...
Norilsk miners always liked breaking records
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The unprecedented speed of the construction of the Oсtyabrsky mine was explained by the experience gained by the mine builders at Mayak and Komsomolsky mines, their high professionalism and constant competition. Half a century ago, newspapers, radio and television wrote ...
Why did Canadian prime minister and his successor visit Norilsk?
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Jean Chretien, a former prime minister of Canada, recalled his trip to the Far North when receiving the Order of Friendship in the Kremlin in 2004: “I was once the minister of Northern Affairs and made a trip to Siberia. And ...
Where did first Arctic train go?
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The first meters of the track were laid back in August 1935. The railway line connected the Zero Point of the northern town with the pier on the Norilskaya river. The length of the standard track gauge for domestic narrow-gauge ...