The Depressing Industrial City Of Norilsk

Norilsk is an industrial city located in Krasnoyarsk Krai, in Russia, with a population of 170,000. Norilsk is almost cut off from the world. The only way to leave Norilsk is to travel 2,000 km down the Yenisei River or by air.
The city was founded in 1935, as a slave labor camp, and later as a settlement for those working in mining and metallurgic operation. Norilsk contains the world's largest heavy metals smelting complex, producing more than 20 percent of the world's nickel, 50 percent of its palladium, more than 10 percent of its cobalt, and 3 percent of its copper.