“We felt like on the moon surface”
In July 1985, the English naturalist writer Gerald Durrell, who by that ...
History spot
Norilsk energy sector used both hard coal and gas
The first three decades in the history of the Norilsk thermal power ...
Hrushchev-era houses built to fight housing shortage
The transition to housing construction industrialization in Norilsk began in 1958.
In 1931 Taimyr fought anthrax epidemic
The spread of anthrax began on the left bank of the Yenisey ...
Bard Alexander Gorodnitsky wrote songs after expeditions to Taimyr
The famous bard Alexander Gorodnitsky, the author of such songs as “Leather ...
Izvestia newspaper illustrator was Norilsk first professional photographer
Arkady Sorokin was in demand in Norilsk also as an artist. He ...
In 1950s, Norilsk held fashion shows
Although Norilsk is isolated from the mainland, they tried to keep the ...
“We were strong because we thought about everyone”
Before the construction of the Dudinka-Norilsk railway, the route from the Yenisey ...
“The North met them unfriendly…”
The airport becomes the very first impression for those who come to ...