Norilsk fought dysentery in the 1950s
A significant part of the population lived in conditions that did not ...
History
In 1950s Norilsk lived without plumbing and sewerage
When the village became a city, its sanitary condition was an acute ...
Taimyr Museum replenished with unique documents on Dikson defense
The journalist and writer Nikandr Elagin collected them for 20 years.
100 years ago telegraph was main communication means
Radio communication depended on the waves passage, often distorting information, which led ...
Brewery in Norilsk opened simultaneously with bakery
The Norilsk beer production began back in 1944, when a fermentation workshop, ...
50 years of October street got its name by accident
The Norilsk houses facing the Old city were named the Southern line ...
Once there was arch at entrance to Norilsk industrial zone
The grand structure was built on Zavodskaya street in the mid-1940s.
Finnish specialists settled in Norilsk in mid-1970s
The first guests who settled in Norilsk for years were capitalist Finland’s ...
In 1930 elections nearly disrupted Norilsk construction
The Norilskstroy authorities asked the Taimyr Elections Committee for help.