[C19fan]

I saw a documentary about Norilsk. The whole city is a toxic waste dump from the pollutants precipitating into the soil.

[Dr. Sivana]

Well, yeah, but there aren’t many mosquitoes.

[thackney]

Life expectancy is 10 years less than in other regions of Russia, the risk of cancer is two time higher and respiratory diseases are widespread.

Some studies show that the air quality is responsible for 37 per cent of deaths of child deaths and 21.6 per cent of adult deaths.

wow...

[Thunder90]

Socialism is such a wonderful thing to the environment....

[wtd]

A sure case for biodome developement to build indoor green spaces.

[2banana]

Send the muslim refugees there...

[Flick Lives]

Norilsk, squatting 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, has the largest deposits of nickel, copper and palladium on earth and its hellish mines are thriving. Gulag prisoners began expanding the Siberian settlement in 1935 and over the next 20 years, 500,000 slaves took part in its construction.

Sounds like the Klingon penal colony on Rura Penthe.

[BobL]

“500,000 slaves took part in its construction . Thousands lost their lives.”

For completeness, that would be roughly 500,000 slaves losing their lives there, give or take one or two. The Gulags were one-way trips, people were starved to weaken them (1000 calories a day, carefully measured), and then they were worked to death - it took about a year.