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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.
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Norilsk is the northernmost city with more than 100.000...
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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. Copper is also mined.
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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 .
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. There were no thoughts then on how to build to protect the environment, just to survive it.
- Diana Magnay
The Nord Kamal Mosque (Russian: Нурд-Камал) is the largest mosque in the city of Norilsk, Russia. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most northernly-situated mosque in the world.
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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.