Nornickel presented apartments to Taimyr children
The company allocated nine million rubles this year to help Taimyr orphans.
World’s first stroganina center opens in Russian Arctic
The opening was timed to coincide with the centenary of the Republic of Saha (Yakutia) creation.
Polar bear made compliment to icebreaker’s chef
The polar explorers and a curious predator meeting took place not far from Taimyr.
Oganer district’ name means “elder”
The name of Oganer, the youngest district of Norilsk, is commonly translated from the Dolgan language as “old man”.
Talnah name does not mean “forbidden place”
Rumor often endows local names with ominous interpretations. But from Dolgan Talnah is translated as “river with ice”. And the “forbidden place” is just a very loose interpretation.
Nornickel volunteers built eco-trail, cleaned water and held games
In Norilsk, the Poneslos ecological marathon results were summed up.
Nornickel allocates additional 100 million rubles Taimyr communities
Indigenous ethnic groups representatives emphasized that the company is ahead of their wishes.
In Norilsk winter airfield planes landed right on snow
The winter military airfield Nezhdanny began operating in 1958.
In 1940s there were two Kayerkans
In 1940, near the narrow-gauge railway’s Kayerkan station, geologists found a high-quality coal deposit. Three years later, a group of prisoners arrived there, and the construction of the settlement began.