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     • It is the world's northernmost city with more than 180,000 inhabitants, and the second-largest city (after Murmansk) inside the Arctic Circle. Norilsk and Yakutsk are the only large cities in the continuous permafrost zone. Norilsk is located atop some of the largest nickel deposits on Earth.
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   What is Norilsk known for?

   • The company's industrial enterprises are the principal consumers of electricity in the city. The city is served by Alykel Airport and Valek Airport. The Norilsk railway links Norilsk to the port of Dudinka on the Yenisei River, but has been freight-only since 1998.

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   Where is Norilsk located?

   • It is the world's northernmost city with more than 180,000 inhabitants, and the second-largest city (after Murmansk) inside the Arctic Circle. Norilsk and Yakutsk are the only large cities in the continuous permafrost zone. Norilsk is located atop some of the largest nickel deposits on Earth.

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   How many people live in Norilsk?

   • Norilsk is 300 km north of the Arctic Circle and 2,400 km from the North Pole. It has a permanent population of 176,735 as of 2024, [ 9 ] and up to 220,000 including temporary inhabitants. [ 10 ][ 11 ] It is the second-largest city in the region after Krasnoyarsk.

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   Is Norilsk a tough city?

   • “Norilsk is a very tough city, and you see it from the beginning,” says U.S. Professor of Slavic Studies at Tulane University William Brumfield. He visited the city in October 2016 on the invitation of the Norilsk History Museum.

   5 facts about Norilsk, one of the northernmost cities in the world

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   Is Norilsk a bad place to live?

   • Not bad, except for the two months of darkness and temperatures of minus 80 F. NORILSK, Russia — Blessed with a cornucopia of precious metals buried beneath a desert of snow, but so bereft of sunlight that nights in winter never end, Norilsk, 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, is a place of brutal extremes.

   The Lure of a Better Life, Amid Cold and Darkness

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   When was Norilsk founded?

   • [ 22 ] 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.

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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.

4. www.bbc.com › culture › articleNorilsk: Otherworldly photos of an Arctic city - BBC

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   Mar 21, 2019 · Located 400km (249 miles) north of the Arctic Circle, Norilsk is one of the coldest cities on Earth. The average temperature in winter is -30C, and it can dip below -55C. (Credit: Elena...

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   Norilsk (1,800 miles from Moscow) has neither ancient fortresses, nor sumptuous estates. Winter lasts nine months a year, and the short summer doesn’t even melt the snow.

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   Life in Norilsk would be impossible without the port of Dudinka, 90 km away on the shores of the great Siberian Yenisey River.

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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.

9. www.britannica.com › place › NorilskNorilsk | Arctic City, Nickel Mining, Pollution | Britannica

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   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.

10. www.nytimes.com › world › europeThe Lure of a Better Life, Amid Cold and Darkness

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    Dec 3, 2017 · The Norilsk camp system, known as Norillag, shut down in 1956, when Nikita Khrushchev began to dismantle the worst excesses of Stalinism. The legacy of repressive control, though, lives on in...