Talnah sinkers were fastest in Siberia and Far East
Evgeny Astashin and his colleagues were at the forefront in the mines’ ...
History spot
What street do four houses and one palace stand in row?
This question once sounded in the Norilsk version of popular quiz game ...
Boris Kolesnikov headed Norilsk Combine for 15 years
This term was a record among all the Norilsk’s city-forming enterprise’s heads.
Ivan Iyevlev was first to touch Norilsk nickel
Like many specialists of the 1940s, the future Combine’s chief metallurgist was ...
Two-story buildings stood opposite Zapolyarnik stadium
There was the so-called 17th quarter.
Vladimir Zverev came to audit but stayed to rule
He was the Norilsk Combine’s head from 1948 to 1954.
Over a dozen minerals named after Norilsk geologists
There’s Godlevskite on the world list of minerals.
Club-theater planned instead of grocery store
The building was supposed to stand on Gvardeiskaya square instead of the ...
First Norilsk geologists were rivals
Vorontsov suspected Urvantsev of sabotage.