Norilsk could be built in different place
The site for modern Norilsk, which was called Gorstroy, was chosen back ...
History spot
Powerful hydroelectric station had to appear on Pyasina river
After the river's navigability was acknowledged impossible, the Norilsk combine design department ...
Oganer district’ name means “elder”
The name of Oganer, the youngest district of Norilsk, is commonly translated ...
Talnah name does not mean “forbidden place”
Rumor often endows local names with ominous interpretations. But from Dolgan Talnah ...
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 ...
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 ...
Coniferous kvass saved people from scurvy in 1940s
In the winter of 1941, scurvy was rampant in Norilsk. It killed ...