First Norilsk bridges made of wood and ice
In the 1930s, during the construction of the narrow-gauge railway Norilsk - ...
History spot
Norilsk swimming pool planned to be built in the 1940s
Initially, they wanted to build the pool on the shore of a ...
Norilsk as workers’ settlement took part in elections
In the fall of 1953, Norilsk in the status of a city ...
Norilsk weddings held in forced labor camp barracks
Throughout its history, the Polar Registry Office has changed at least five ...
Norilsk sanatorium in Sochi opened as family rest house first
A land plot on the Black sea coast, near Sochi, for the ...
Norilsk railway station built for long-distance trains
In 1953, when Norilsk became a city, a railway station and Norilsk-Sortirovochnaya ...
First Norilsk water supply system was wooden
The first source of water in Norilsk for domestic and, most importantly, ...
First bridge on Norilskaya river was floating
For three years, the road to Talnah under construction was built on ...
Bears in Norilsk sculpture history
The ‘clubfoot’ theme was one of the first to decorate the streets ...