Novy Urengoy
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Novy Urengoy is the most populous city in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. In 2021, it had a population of 107,251. Novy Urengoy is located around 450 kilometres or 280 miles from Salekhard, th
A USSR stamp, 1981
an Ilyushin Il-14 at Novy Urengoy Airport
A USSR stamp, 1983
Sede-Yakha river
Salekhard–Igarka Railway
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The 1,524 mm broad gauge Salekhard–Igarka Railway is an incomplete railway in northern Siberia. The railway was a project of the Soviet Gulag system that took place from 1947 until Stalin's death in 1
Novy Urengoy
…Traveling north from Tyumen, Novy Urengoy is the last station of significance. Noyabrsk is the previous station of significance. Novy Urengoy is along the Salekhard–Igarka Railway, "Dead Road". Extending from Novy Urengoy to Stary Nadym is one section of the "Railway of Death" that serves as an important freight railway. The city…
Railway between Salekhard and Nadym
Watchtower near Turukhansk, Part of 503rd Labour Camp