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Norilsk - Definition and Overview

Originally founded as a gulag (Soviet forced-labor camp,) Norilsk is now a major Russian Republic city with several hundered thousand residents. Norilsk is situated on some of the largest nickel deposits on earth. Consequently, mining and smelting ore are the major industries there.

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