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Norilsk was founded at the end of the 1920s, but the official date of the city's foundation is traditionally held to be 1935, when the Norillag system of Gulag labour camp was established and prisoners began construction work on the Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant.
Jan 23, 2023 · For example, on October 26, 1953, at the first session of the Norilsk City Council, the department of social welfare (the forgotten word “sobbes”), the city health department and the culture department were organized.
Aug 11, 2022 · On July 15, 1953, by the Decree of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, the working settlement of Norilsk in the Dudinka District of the Taimyr National District of the Krasnoyarsk region was transformed into a city of regional subordination.
The Kayerkan and Talnah city councils of people’s deputies were administratively subordinate to the Norilsk city council. Moreover, the cities did not have separate budgets. On January 1, 2005, they lost their city status: Norilsk, Talnah, Kayerkan and Snezhnogorsk were merged into a single municipality – the City of Norilsk.
Norilsk was founded in 1935 as a site of industry, to be able to mine the ore. In 1939, the decision was taken to also build a city. Norilsk got the status of a city in 1953. Norilsk is the northernmost city with more than 100.000 inhabitants.
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.
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.
