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Coordinates: 69°20′N 88°13′E. Norilsk (Russian: Нори́льск, IPA: [nɐˈrʲilʲsk]) is a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norilsk is 300 km north of the Arctic Circle and 2,400 km from the North Pole.
See the northernmost architecture. Architecturally, Norilsk is an ordinary Soviet city. With the exception of a couple of buildings, there are no frills here. Legion Media. “Norilsk is a very...
- Anna Sorokina
Apr 2, 2015 · 9:33 am, April 2, 2015. Source: Meduza. Photo: Elena Chernyshova. If you're looking for cities with more than 100,000 people, you'll find nothing north of Norilsk, Russia's second-largest city (after Murmansk) inside the Arctic Circle. Norilsk might also be one of the world's most isolated cities.
Mar 21, 2019 · Norilsk was designed in the 1930s by architects imprisoned in Stalin’s camps, and built by gulag prisoners. The earliest buildings are Stalinist in style. (Credit: Elena Chernyshova) Anna...
Aug 28, 2024 · However, Norilsk itself did not fully establish itself as a settlement until the Soviet state established Norillag, a gulag labour camp in 1935. Prisoners were used to extract nickel and other resources through mining and hard labour, which set the atmosphere for the future history of the city.
The city was founded in 1935 by prisoners of the ‘Norillag’ labor camp and, following the latter's closure in 1956, young specialists started arriving from the whole of the Soviet Union.
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Jul 23, 2023 · NORILSK, Russia -- Photographer Aleksandr Kharitonov grew up in the remote Russian mining city of Norilsk, located above the Arctic Circle. His images of its landscapes, remnants of its Soviet...
