Small and quiet Mira street was city experiments site
The Mira street’s birthday is August 5, 1960. On that day, the Norilsk Executive Committee of the City Council of Working People's Deputies named it.
Zapolyarny is oldest mine in Norilsk
On August 2, 1945, an independent subdivision mine No. 7 was separated from mine No. 1. Having merged later with mines No. 8 and No. 9, it became known as mine 7/9, and in 1959 it received its own name - Zapolyarny.
Mobile environmental laboratory to monitor air quality in Norilsk
The car with the specialists will check the environment preservation violation according to the residents' reports.
Mosaic astronauts, athletes and builders adorned Norilsk in 1970s
Each of the five panels was about 130 square meters. The authors of the mosaics sketches on Komsomolskaya street were young artists Nikolay Loy and Vladimir Surmava.
Norilsk residents sent felt boots, sugar and meat to mainland
Back in the 1930s, the need arose for a regular postal service. A postal and parcel expedition was organized in Norilsk.
Mikhail Somov ship freed by gas carrier
These days, two dozen ships are stuck in ice on the main transport artery of the Arctic - Northern Sea Route.
Norilsk buses also operated in Igarka and Dudinka
The company's vehicle fleet consisted of more than 500 buses and 150 taxis.
Kvass barrel was summer sign in Norilsk
On August 1, 1958, the first tanks with locally produced kvass appeared on Norilsk streets.
Norilsk Admiral stela set on Blizhny island
The stela to ‘Admiral’ Vladimir Ponomarenko at the entrance to lake Melkoye was erected on July 29, 2006.