Изба живая на гуся
The place
Изба живая на гуся ("Isba lived in for the geese") in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Norilsk/Dudinka area (Arctic Taymyr, lower Yenisei, far-north Siberia, Russia), at a true elevation of roughly 30 m (the listed 0 m is acceptable for the Arctic), in Arctic Taymyr tundra. Part of the continuous Russia Arctic Taymyr cluster (batches 260-396). An isba used for hunting migratory geese in the Arctic (Norilsk, population 180,000, the 2nd Arctic city and 3rd most polluted site in the world for nickel/palladium/cobalt/copper, home to Norilsk Nickel; plus the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky district, 880,000 km², the world's 2nd-largest autonomous district, population 30,000); heritage of the Nenets/Dolgan/Nganasan (Samoyedic/Tungusic peoples, roughly 40,000 speakers combined of Nenets, Dolgan and endangered Nganasan); plus the Yamalo-Nenets district, 750,000 km², oil and gas; the iconic legacy of Norilsk's Norillag gulag, 1935-1956, 500,000 prisoners, the largest in Siberia, which built the city; the iconic Cape Chelyuskin, the northernmost point of Eurasia at 77°43'N; Ivan Papanin's North Pole expedition of 1937-1938, a Hero of the USSR; and permafrost covering 60% of Siberian territory.
The setting
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Norilsk/Dudinka, Arctic Taymyr, lower Yenisei, far-north Siberia, Russia, elevation 0 m listed (acceptable for the Arctic), roughly 30 m actual, Arctic Taymyr tundra, continuous cluster batches 260-396, isba used for hunting migratory Arctic geese + Norilsk pop. 180,000, 2nd Arctic city, 3rd most polluted site in the world for nickel/palladium/cobalt/copper + Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky district 880,000 km², 2nd-largest autonomous district in the world, pop. 30,000; Nenets/Dolgan/Nganasan, Samoyedic/Tungusic, roughly 40,000 speakers of Nenets/Dolgan/endangered Nganasan + Yamalo-Nenets district 750,000 km² oil and gas + Norillag gulag 1935-1956, 500,000 prisoners, largest in Siberia + Cape Chelyuskin, northernmost point of Eurasia, 77°43'N + Papanin 1937-1938, Hero of the USSR + Siberian permafrost covering 60%.
