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I just stumbled on this, from Rossikaya Gazeta:

Overall, however, the list of territories where foreigners are not particularly welcome or are admitted by special permission has remained...

I think Norilsk was originally a лагерь, but I think the bigger reason that people weren't allowed (after the camps had been eliminated) was that it was a major mining city -- and they didn't want...

а где там Норильск на фотках?[/quote]

Вот:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... a&t=306402

Very cool site. I didn't think Norilsk was actually "closed" to foreigners, just that no foreigner would be crazy enough to want to go there? "Yes, I'd like to spend my holiday in -40 temperatures...