Nikolay Urvantsev headed Norilsk geological service in 1940s
Colleagues remembered him as “a tall, thin, slightly stooped man in a ...
History spot
Imangda was most remote village around Norilsk
Geologists have found rich but hard-to-reach mineral deposits in the valley.
Technical revolution in Norilsk construction occurred in late 1950s
At that time they moved from pits to piles, from original designs ...
Cinema was most popular entertainment in 1950s
Films in Norilsk were shown in the Rodina, Pobeda, Sever, Looch and ...
White partridges organically entered Norilsk architecture
Every Norilsk resident probably remembers the squirrels, ducks, wolves and swans stucco ...
Site for building Norilsk chosen in 1938
The site for modern Norilsk, which was called Gorstroy at that time, ...
First film trucks roamed around Taimyr in 1930
Back in 1930, the magazine Siberian Lights published a very interesting article ...
First Norilsk builders learned to beat snow
In the 30s of the last century, until Norilsk learned to cope ...
“Norilsk looked like an oasis in the desert”
The industrial development of the Norilsk region completely depended on the organization ...