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| Hardship is second nature for the residents of this Siberian enclave. Winter sends the temperature plunging to minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit and drops the sun below the horizon for months at a time.
It was Stalin who established this arctic city and dispatched hundreds of thousands of political prisoners here to extract the metal ore from mines so deep they seemed to run to the very center of the Earth.
Later, Norilsk became a notorious example of wasteful communist planning, a place in which the air and water were fouled with noxious chemicals that even now make breathing a hazard.
Norilsk is famous for it's nickel mines. These mines also produce vast amounts of copper as well as platinum group elements. Although collectively known as "Norilsk" there are many individual mines in the area . North of Norilsk is the almost equally famous mining town of Talnakh. The mines and smelters are operated by Norilsk Nikel, which is a world wide company by now. |
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