Russian bone carver created world’s first walrus tusk stamp
A unique product with a thickness of only two millimeters has its own face value.
Mail drone tested in Arctic
For the first time, the Russian Post organization delivered a shipment to an addressee beyond the Arctic Circle using a UAV.
Wolf spotted in Pasvik nature reserve
Predators might be attracted by the European roe deer, which is well established in the Pechenga district.
Norilsk writer’s book becomes best in Year Book-2022
Olga Shadrina wrote a story about how seals got into Baikal lake.
Taimyr wild plants are more useful than southern ones
SibFU scientists will propose to the region's authorities a scheme for processing arctic berries and mushrooms.
Nikolay Urvantsev deleted from geographical research history
It is known how history was turned over and people who ‘should not be named’ were blacked out in the last century. A vivid illustration of this is the history of the expedition, which erased the last “blank spot” on the world map: it explored ...
Norilsk name was not mentioned in media
One of the first books that came out in the central publishing houses and where our city was mentioned was a collection of journalistic essays Yenisei, the Siberian River.
Cabbage grew on Gvardeiskaya square site in Norilsk
Since 1935, a meat and dairy farm was operating in Norilsk, which in 1938 became the Norilsk state farm.
First Norilsk hotel located in Old City
The need for a house for visitors was indicated as soon as Norilsk began to be built. Metropolitan commissions often came here. But a hotel was constructed only at the end of the war, in 1944.