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A closed city or town is a settlement where travel or residency is restricted. In the Soviet Union, closed cities were quarantined for research and military purposes. Many of them have stayed closed i
Central entry checkpoint to Seversk, a closed city in Russia's Tomsk Oblast, 2010
A checkpoint in Zheleznogorsk, a closed city in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai, 2011
A view of housing units in Severomorsk, a closed town that serves as the headquarters of the Northern Fleet in Russia's Murmansk Oblast, 2010
A street in Snezhinsk, a closed town in Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast, 2006
Norilsk
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Norilsk is an industrial closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norilsk is 30
Closed city
…been significantly reduced since the mid-1990s. However, on 30 October 2001, foreign travel was restricted without exception in the northern cities of Norilsk, Talnakh, Kayerkan, Dudinka, and Igarka. Russian and Belarusian citizens visiting these cities are not required to have permits; however, local courts…
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Russia, Krasnojarsk, Norilsk, Норильск, Талнахская ул., 10 Талнахская ул., 10 WMID2158272
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The first house in Norilsk