In 1940s there were two Kayerkans
In 1940, near the narrow-gauge railway’s Kayerkan station, geologists found a high-quality ...
History spot
Horses used in Norilsk till 1970s
The Norilsk combine was built by horses along with people. With the ...
Schmidtiha and Gudchiha mountains named after scientists
The Norilsk mountains massif on geographical maps is called the Lontokoisky Stone ...
Wind energy used for Norilsk narrow-gauge railway construction
Launching the first railway beyond the Arctic Circle, the Norilsk people came ...
Coniferous kvass saved people from scurvy in 1940s
In the winter of 1941, scurvy was rampant in Norilsk. It killed ...
Subpolar Census took place in 1920s
The Subpolar Census registrars did a realy titanic work: it was not ...
House on Zavenyagin street was first to stand on piles
At the end of 1958, “the widely practiced arrangement of foundations in ...
First sports facilities in Norilsk built in 1940s
The first sports facilities in Norilsk were the Dynamo stadium and a ...
Norilsk first bus station located on Leninsky prospekt
Until the early 1970s, there was no separate bus station building in ...