Taimyr Museum of Local Lore turns 85
In the Jubilee Marathon section, the Taimyr Museum’s official website tells about its employees, iconic events and rare exhibits from the museum assembly.
Musk ox sculpture installed at Taimyr Reserves building
The bronze sculpture added to the northern animals figures collection in Norilsk.
Special aircraft masters Northern Sea Route
The Two Captains expedition will study the prospects for using amphibians and small aircraft in the Arctic.
Nornickel released valuable fish into Yenisey
By 2031, the company will send more than 440 billion rubles to environmental projects.
Preschool teachers celebrate professional holiday in September
First Norilsk kindergartens were quite different from the modern ones.
Nornickel presented traditional chums to indigenous clans
The company helped revive the ethnic holiday Bakaldyn.
Wounded Dikson bear senses tickling
Moscow veterinarians continue treating the Red Book animal.
Mikhail Gorbachev visited Norilsk in 1988
On September 14, 1988, the CPSU Central Committee’s general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, the future president of the USSR, arrived in Norilsk. Norilsk for the first time welcomed the country’s first person.
Street lights appeared in Norilsk in 1953
Norilsk residents, living for several winter months without sunlight, like no one else appreciate the brightly lit streets during the polar night.