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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.
Norilsk is the northernmost city with more than 100.000 inhabitants. It is the second largest city within the arctic circle, only Murmansk is larger. Norilsk and Yakutsk are the only large cities built in the continuous permafrost zone.
Norilsk, city, Krasnoyarsk kray (territory), central Russia, in the Rybnaya Valley amid the Putoran Mountains. Founded in 1935, Norilsk lies north of the Arctic Circle and is one of the world’s leading producing centres for nickel and platinum.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Norilsk Urban District or Norilsk Urban Okrug (Russian: Город Норильск) is an administrative [1] and municipal city district , one of the twenty-two in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is enclaved inside the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District .
Norilsk is one of the largest industrial centers in Russia. But this “oasis in the center of a snowy desert” (as a local newspaper wrote back in the 1930s) was built by prisoners of the Norilsk...
- Anna Sorokina
These days, only foreigners need to obtain a permit, while any Russian citizen can visit Norilsk to see the life of the industrial city inside the Arctic Circle with their own eyes.
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Norilsk: A City in the Middle of the Arctic Desert. A route through the frosty capital of the Taymyr Peninsula and its surrounding areas. 8 hours11 km7 objects. Norilsk is one of the coldest and windiest cities in Russia, if not the entire world. This place has a very unique vibe and a history that has had both bright and dark chapters.
