Norilsk could be built in different place
The site for modern Norilsk, which was called Gorstroy, was chosen back ...
History
Powerful hydroelectric station had to appear on Pyasina river
After the river's navigability was acknowledged impossible, the Norilsk combine design department ...
Oganer district’ name means “elder”
The name of Oganer, the youngest district of Norilsk, is commonly translated ...
Talnah name does not mean “forbidden place”
Rumor often endows local names with ominous interpretations. But from Dolgan Talnah ...
In Norilsk winter airfield planes landed right on snow
The winter military airfield Nezhdanny began operating in 1958.
In 1940s there were two Kayerkans
In 1940, near the narrow-gauge railway’s Kayerkan station, geologists found a high-quality ...
Region residents invited to Arctic expeditions of 1920s-30s (6+)
The Krasnoyarsk Museum of Local Lore has launched a media project about ...
Norilsk Phenomenon’s metallurgical volume released
Norilsk will receive half of the circulation - 600 copies.
Horses used in Norilsk till 1970s
The Norilsk combine was built by horses along with people. With the ...