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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.
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,...
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.
- Diana Magnay
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.
- Anna Sorokina
Dec 14, 2021 · Pyramiden and Norilsk were created by the Soviet state in the 1930s after centuries of Russian Arctic development – the former town, a symbol of Communism abroad, and the latter, a representation of Stalinist brute force and dominance of nature for the purpose of rapid industrialization.
- Alina Bykova
Nov 28, 2021 · Norilsk Nickel outlasted communism, embraced capitalism and now aims to ramp up production to sell the high-purity metals needed for batteries and other technologies of the 21st century clean...
Dec 11, 2001 · Norilsk was a city that only communism could have built, a dreary collection of apartment blocks and metal foundries. It is not so much in the middle of nowhere as on the edge of it...
