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Jul 23, 2023 · The remote Russian city of Norilsk, above the Arctic Circle, is known for its history of forced labor camps, mining, and railways. Photojournalist Aleksandr Kharitonov, who grew up there,...
Mar 21, 2019 · In our latest Through the Lens, Russian photographer Elena Chernyshova explores what it’s like to live in a city 400km north of the Arctic Circle.
- Dying Forests and Pollution Visible from Space
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- Putin Plays ‘The Good Czar’
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The story of Norilsk’s pollution is written in the trees: 5.9 million acres of dead and dying boreal forest downwind from the Norilsk Nickel compound — a scar larger than New Jersey, slashed into the largest forested region on Earth. In tree ring samples, scientists havepinpointed the great rush of sulfur dioxide pollution that began in 1942, when ...
Klyushin and other local environmental activists agitated for years for Rosprirodnadzor, the Russian environmental protection agency, to establish an office in Norilsk. They succeeded early last year, and the job of chief deputy went to Vasily Ryabinin, then 39, a chemist, who had previously worked at Norilsk Nickel but left after his beloved mento...
Putin reacted sharply to news of the diesel spill last year, which came only weeks after he unveileda new strategic plan for the Arctic, a vision of resource development and environmental protection going hand in hand. “Why did the authorities find out about this only two days later?” Putin asked in avideo conference callwith regional and company o...
Norilsk Nickel, pledging to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 90 percent by 2025, has said it will spend at least $4.1 billion on a project calledSulphur Programme 2.0. “In my opinion, the implementation of the project will fundamentally change the ecological situation in our city,” Norilsk’s current mayor, Dmitry Kasarev, who previously worked for N...
View from Norilsk in Siberia Live cam.
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- October 13, 2024
The webcam shows the Theatre Square in the city of Norilsk, located in front of one of the best and most famous theatres in the Krasnoyarsk region – the Norilsk Polar Drama Theatre named after Vladimir Mayakovsky.
Jul 3, 2020 · Norilsk was built in Stalin's times by gulag prisoners. This gritty industrial city is a testament to their endurance both of the cruelty of Stalin's regime and of the harsh polar climate.
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This image, taken on 13 October 2021, shows the city of Norilsk on the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia. Norilsk is the most populous city in the Russian Arctic. In recent years, the city has endured the effects of climate change, particularly thawing permafrost.
