In 1940s only 36 telephone points worked in Norilsk
The first air-wire communication line in the 1940s was hung on wooden ...
Norilsk collector corresponded with Belgian queen
Ivan Rehlov was an amazing Norilsk citizen, an enthusiastic collector. A worker, ...
Local pasta was special dish in Norilsk restaurants
The Norilsk Bakery baked its first products on February 8, 1945. The ...
First steam locomotive went across Norilsk in 1936
The construction of the Valyok - Zero Point narrow-gauge railway began in ...
First Norilsk stores had no names
In addition to the numbers, the central stores of the city bore ...
80 million cubic meters of snow fall in Norilsk during winter
In the 1930s, until Norilsk learned how to cope with the snow ...
Norilsk had its own travel and excursion bureau
The travel and excursion bureau was part of a large all-Union organization ...
First Norilsk ambulance was horse-drawn
In the mid-1950s, the Norilsk ambulance served seven thousand calls a year.
69 Parallel was most creatively decorated restaurant in Norilsk
From the 60s to the 90s, 69 Parallel was the most ...




