“They begged their ancestors’ spirits for help in hunting”
The very first New Year, celebrated on the territory of present-day Norilsk, ...
History
The world’s northernmost sparrow lived in Norilsk
In the 1960s and 1970s, when Norilsk opened up to “guests from ...
New Year’s market in Norilsk turned into fairy tale
The New Year's market is an integral attribute of December. In Norilsk, ...
“The tree was too small, but it was our legal one”
Continuing to talk about how the New Year was celebrated at different ...
“We were disappointed in the buildings’ bright colors”
Initially, buildings in the historical center of Norilsk were painted in pale ...
“There was no electricity in Sotsgorod, and we celebrated the New Year with candlelight”
A lot of evidence has been preserved from the first Norilsk residents ...
“Professor Urvantsev, a gray-haired and honored prisoner, was with us…”
The famous bard Alexander Gorodnitsky, the author of such songs as Leather ...
“All students were given condensed milk every month”
Norilsk school No.1 is the oldest in Norilsk, it’s not for nothing ...
Ex-Spartak captain Andrey Starostin coached Norilsk football players
“Starostin means ‘football player’ in Russian”, the Belgian press wrote after the ...