Norilsk and Dudinka from above

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Blogger gelio writes: “In early June, I again visited Norilsk, one of the largest cities located beyond the Arctic Circle. It is surprising that in June it is still snowing here and even there are snowdrifts as high as human height. Another feature is the polar day - this is when the sun goes in a circle without going beyond the horizon. This report contains photos taken during a helicopter flight from Norilsk to Dudinka. You can appreciate the uniqueness and severity of these places for yourself.”

(Total 28 photos)

Norilsk and Dudinka from above
Source: Journal/gelio

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

1. Norilsk is a city in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, 90 km east of the Yenisei.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

2. It owes its appearance to the construction of the world's largest mining and metal-producing plant.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

3. Norilsk is the second largest city in the world in terms of population, located beyond the Arctic Circle, after Murmansk.

In total, more than 170 thousand people live in the Norilsk industrial region. It is surprising that, despite the harsh climate, not “shift workers” live here, but entire generations of families who are not going to leave anywhere. And the climate here is really harsh - the temperature in winter reaches -50 ° C.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

4. There are polar days and polar nights in the city. The polar day lasts about 2 months (the sun goes around in circles without touching the horizon), and the polar night lasts about 1.5 months (the streets are completely dark and the lights do not turn off).

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

5. The front entrance to the city is Norilsk's "visiting card".

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

6. The architecture of Norilsk was formed under the influence of two main factors: firstly, the peculiarities of the construction of buildings on permafrost soils and, secondly, the existing standard projects.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

7. Time has shown that almost the entire part of the "old city" and the buildings of "Stalinist architecture" have become uninhabitable. This led to a rethinking of construction on permafrost. In particular, the destruction of buildings took place in Norilsk due to the collapse of housing and communal services in the 1990s.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

8. The districts of the city are clearly divided according to the time of construction.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

9. Leninsky Prospekt - the central street of Norilsk. It passes through almost the entire central district of the city - from Oktyabrskaya Square to Metallurgists Square.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

10. October Square.

In the architecture of many buildings in Norilsk, there is a stylistic similarity with the architecture of Leningrad / Petersburg - this is due to the fact that Leningrad architects participated in the construction of Norilsk.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

11. Krasnoyarskaya street.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

12. Hotel "Norilsk".

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

13. Neighborhood No. 10.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

14. Trade and sports and entertainment complex "Arena-Norilsk".

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

15. Lake Dolgoe, used as a cooling basin for the Norilsk thermal power plant.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

16. Norilsk Polar Drama Theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

17. Bus station.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

18. Mount Schmidt.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

19. Nickel plant in the "old town".

Enterprises of the Norilsk Combine carry out toxic emissions into the atmosphere in large quantities, as a result of which the ecological situation in the city is catastrophic.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

20. Kayerkan.

District of Norilsk, which had the status of a city from 1982 to 2005, located 20 km from Norilsk. It was formed thanks to the coal deposit discovered here.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

21. The further development of the village of Kayerkan was associated with the construction and start of operation of the Nadezhda metallurgical plant.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

22. Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant. B.I. Kolesnikov.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

23. Located on the Nadezhda Plateau on the site of the former airport, 12 km from Norilsk.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

24. The plant processes the entire volume of nickel and pyrrhotite concentrates from the Talnakh concentrator, part of the nickel concentrate from the Norilsk concentrator, and the entire volume of copper concentrate from the Nickel Plant.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

25. The composition of the NMZ includes three industries - hydrometallurgical (HMP), pyrometallurgical (PMP) and oxygen production.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

26. Spray pools.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

27. Used for surface cooling of melting units.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

28. The finished products of the plant are matte, copper anodes and elemental sulfur.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

29. Feinstein is sent for further processing to the Nickel Plant and the Severonickel Combine, anode copper to the Copper Plant.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

30. Copper plant.

Processes the entire volume of copper concentrates from the Norilsk and Talnakh enrichment plants and copper anodes from the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

31. The plant produces approximately 300 thousand tons of electrolytic copper per year. In addition, the finished products of the Copper Plant are sulfuric acid and sulfur.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

32. The evicted village of Alykel is a former military pilots' village. After the withdrawal of the squadron, he became uninhabited.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

33. Residential formation Oganer.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

34. Norilsk CHPP-1.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

35. Bridge across the Norilsk River connecting Norilsk and Talnakh by road and rail.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

36. Oktyabrsky and Taimyrsky mines near Talnakh.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

37. Airport of local airlines "Valek".

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

38. Dachas (although in fact these are camp sites, and real Norilsk dachas look like this).

Winter in these parts lasts 268 days a year!

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

39. Tundra.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

40. Dudinka.

A seaport in the lower reaches of the Yenisei, with which Norilsk is connected by road and rail (there is no overland communication with other cities of the Russian Federation). It is the northernmost international seaport in Russia and the largest in Siberia.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

41. Dudinka is the only port in the world that is annually flooded during the spring ice drift.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

42. The main regional transport hub, which ensures the vital activity of the entire district and the Norilsk industrial region, the products of the Polar Division of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel are exported through the port.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

43. The capacity of the port's berths is 25 thousand tons per day. The annual cargo turnover of the port is about 3 million tons.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

44. The berths of the port are flooded during the spring flood, in connection with this, there is a complete evacuation of equipment and cargo to an unflooded mark of 20 m.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

45. Loading containers at the "zero" berth.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

46. Summer navigation is 130 days, from June to October. Winter navigation is provided by escort of transport vessels by the icebreaking fleet.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

47. Vessels and barges in the roadstead.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

48. Barge with containers and cars.

Norilsk and Dudinka from above

49. Here it is - June in the north.

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