Tram, trolleybus and monorail planned to operate in Norilsk
The idea of the Norilsk tram arose in the 1940s. The lines were going to be laid in the center of Leninsky prospect.
Nornickel supports Taimyr peoples’ social projects
The Taimyr World annual competition grants’ amount ranges from 2 to 6.5 million rubles.
Guinness Book minister visited Norilsk
For the first time, Pyotr Lomako visited Norilsk in the late 1950s as a chairman of the Krasnoyarsk Economic Council.
Sciences Academy and Nornickel explored territory equal to Ireland
The Large Scientific Expedition results will form the basis of biodiversity conservation and monitoring programs.
Townspeople called Norilsk main Christmas tree elegant
Snow towns opened in the Central, Talnah and Kayerkan districts.
Norilsk future determined in 1935
For more than 20 years, from 1935 to 1956, Norillag prisoners performed heavy physical work at the mining enterprises of the Norilsk Combine, excavation work on the construction of roads, copper and mechanical plants and Norilsk itself.
Moscow Conservatory choir sings Dolgan songs
Semyon Popov, a student at a prestigious music university, comes from a Taimyr village and popularizes the language of his people.
Norilsk people’s ideas are among Arctic tourism best practices
You can go to Norilsk to discover the Arctic totems route and visit the northernmost crypto farm.
Taimyr Nenets have little darkness month
Among the Nenets, until recently, the months’ names were closely associated with the most important events in economic activity or with natural phenomena.