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Monday, March 7, 2011

Russian 's Photos Remote Life In Taymyr Wallpapers



 Meeting Russians with a local prince.

Dog near the sledge.

Dogs always meant a lot for the local people.


Shop of a Siberian merchant.



“Khariton Laptev’s map of Taymyr peninsula. 1743″, “the Arctic ocean”



“Northern Sea Route”

Weather ballon launch.

Polar aviation.
“USSR”

Astrotracker which allows to define the plane course according to the Sun, Moon, planets and stars.

Red point – a moving propaganda and educational point to fight illiteracy and spread Soviet authority in Tundra.



Propaganda in Tundra.


“Norillag” was a Corrective Labor Camp in Norilsk.

“Nordvik” had been a settlement in Nordvik bay till 1948 when all the citizens were taken away as coal, oil and salt deposits were difficult to develop at that time.

Objects from Nordvik.



World War II materials.

Scrummy Northern sea delicacies.
“Sprat, sturgeon, ling”

“Smelt fish and Siberian white salmon”

“Burbot, pollan, smelt fish”

Post-war interior.



Let’s now have a look how modern Taymyr lives.
“Taymyr”

There is always a lot of snow here so sedans are not at all respected. Such heavy all-terrain vehicles are pretty useful.

Local sportscar.

Work is always in a full swing in the port.
 


People don’t care of a luxurious Mercedes here.

“300 years of Dudinka” (a city in Taymyr)

Courtyard sculpture.

No jokes here.

Ordinary garage in taymyr, a snowmobile instead of a car.

Monument to snowmobile.

Just kidding, a regular parking place.

This car wishes it had tracks instead of wheels.

These steel workers have many things to do even at night.

Sinister crane construction.

Northern church.

Snowy church figure.

Some superalarm.

New Year in the harbor.

Crane monster.

Boats quietly spend winter.

One more parked snowmobile.

Guys clear a roof of the snow.

It is so dense that they slice it in the form of a cube and throw off the roof.

“Peace to the nations”

That’s how a Northern fitness center looks like.

Taymyr romance – “City where the hearts moor”

“Toilet”

“Bus station”

Fancy some racing?

A large icebraker at work.

Icebraker “Taymyr”

Bye-bye, North!