Norilsk (Russian: Нори́льск, IPA: [nɐˈrʲilʲsk]) is a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90...
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Norilsk Nickel (Russian: ГМК «Норильский никель»), or Nornickel, is a Russian nickel and palladium mining and smelting company. Its largest operations...
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The Norilsk uprising was a major strike by Gulag inmates in Gorlag, a MVD special camp for political prisoners, and later in the two camps of Norillag...
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Vladimir Potanin (section Norilsk Nickel)
Russian Arctic, and the city of Norilsk was named among the most polluted places on Earth. According to a 2013 report, Norilsk Nickel's operations "discharge...
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Mikhail Prokhorov (section Norilsk Nickel)
Russia's controversial loans-for-shares privatization program. His company, Norilsk Nickel, became the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium. He...
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Norilsk is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Norilsk may also refer to: Norilsk (band), Gatinea, Quebec based noise band Norilsk Airport, aka Alykel...
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Norilsk Railway (Russian: Норильская железная дорога) is a single-track railway and formerly the northernmost railway line in Russia. The railway is in...
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Kayerkan) as a municipal division. Greater Norilsk, or Big Norilsk (Russian: «Большой Норильск» ), is the Norilsk Industrial Region (Russian: Нори́льский...
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Alykel International Airport (redirect from Norilsk Airport)
Russia, located 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Norilsk. Alykel is the only functional airfield near Norilsk. It handles medium-sized aircraft and is serviced...
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The Norilsk diesel oil spill was an industrial disaster near Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It began on 29 May 2020 when a fuel storage tank at Norilsk-Taimyr...
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Norilsk is a two piece doom/sludge rock band from Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Norilsk was named after Norilsk, the northerly Russian mining and industrial...
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situated in Russia, Norway, and Sweden: Murmansk (population 295,374) and Norilsk (178,018) in Russia; Tromsø (75,638) in Norway, Vorkuta (58,133) in Russia...
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Norillag, Norilsk Corrective Labor Camp (Russian: Норильлаг, Норильский ИТЛ) was a gulag labor camp set by Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia and headquartered...
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мини-футбола России". amfr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-07. "Futsal - MFK Norilsk Nickel (Russia) : palmares, results and name". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved...
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«НордСтар») is a Russian airline based in Norilsk. Its main base is Alykel Airport. NordStar was founded by Norilsk Nickel and was launched on 17 December...
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Kolyma and Norillag near Norilsk, where 69,000 prisoners lived in 1952. Major industrial cities of Northern Siberia, such as Norilsk and Magadan, developed...
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The Norilsk Urban District or Norilsk Urban Okrug (Russian: Город Норильск) is an administrative and municipal city district (okrug), one of the twenty-two...
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Norilsk railway to the Norilsk Mining and Smelting Factory and also ships non-ferrous metals, coal and ore. In 1969, the Messoyakha-Dudinka-Norilsk natural...
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Messoyakha Gas Field (redirect from Messoyakha-Dudinka-Norilsk gas pipeline)
shipping non-ferrous metals, coal, and ore, and Norilsk, such as the Norilsk railway and the Norilsk Mining and Smelting Factory, greatly benefited from...
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Aleksandra Zelenskaya (category Participants in the Norilsk uprising)
prisoner in the gulag system of the Soviet Union who was the leader of the Norilsk uprising of the 6th Women's Camp at Gorlag. Zelenskaya was born in a small...
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the Sudbury Basin and Thunder Bay District of Ontario, Canada; and the Norilsk Complex in Russia. Recycling is also a source, mostly from scrapped catalytic...
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places with major problems. Around the industrial cities of Monchegorsk and Norilsk, where nickel, for example, is mined, all forests have been destroyed by...
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meteoric origin), New Caledonia in the Pacific, Western Australia, and Norilsk, Russia. Nickel is one of four elements (the others are iron, cobalt, and...
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Aeroflot sold the airline to Norilsk Nickel for a reported US$7 million.[citation needed] On December 1, 2011, Norilsk Nickel reported that Nordavia...
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Daldykan (Russian: Далдыкан or Долдыкан Doldykan) is a river close to Norilsk in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia, a right...
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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...
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largest city located in continuous permafrost; the only other large city is Norilsk, also in Siberia. Yakutsk is located in the Central Yakutian Lowland and...
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north of Norilsk at the foot of the Putoran Mountains in Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. In 2005 the town was merged into Norilsk. Population:...
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Peninsula, was a town under jurisdiction of Norilsk in 1982–2005. In 2005, the town was incorporated into Norilsk, even though it is located 20 km away from...
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century. MMC Norilsk Nickel conducts mining operations in the area. The company conducts smelting operations in the area of the city of Norilsk, near the...
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