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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...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Kayerkan) as a municipal division. Greater Norilsk, or Big Norilsk (Russian: «Большой Норильск» ), is the Norilsk Industrial Region (Russian: Нори́льский...
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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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    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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    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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    Talnakh (Russian: Тална́х, IPA: [tɐɫˈnax]) is a district (raion) of Norilsk located about 25 kilometers (16 mi) north of the Central District at the foot...
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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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  • State University, AS Pushkin, Norilsk Branch Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University, VP Astafieva, Norilsk Branch Norilsk Industrial Institute Official...
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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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  • 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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    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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    of Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The population is 106,044 as of the 2021 census. Tsentralny District was formed in 2004 from central Norilsk and...
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    professional futsal player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Russian club MFK Norilsk Nickel and Brazil national team. Born in Jaraguá do Sul, Dorn arrived at...
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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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    Krai and incorporated as Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. The city of Norilsk, even though it is geographically located within Taymyr Autonomous Okrug...
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  • the discoverers of the Norilsk coal basin and Norilsk copper-nickel ore region in 1919-1922 and was among the founders of Norilsk town. In 1922, while leading...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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