in 1742 , semyon chelyuskin discovered the most. one point of taimyr, the russian empire and eurasia,ame. in the middle of the 19th century, geographers and traveler alexander midendor first called the peninsula taimyr. there are several versions of the origin of this word. the most popular taimyr is a form of the ancient word tamura, meaning rich, valuable. in venka we used this word to call a river in which there was always a lot of fish. well, i adhere to a different version: taimira, translated from our ingonasan means. country of deer tracks. i hope you are with me in this matter. there is a museum symbolizing soviet power in tundra. red chum. specifically, this one belonged to komsomol member, athlete and simply beautiful siberian girl amalia khazanovich, who in 1936 came to taimyr at the call of her heart to teach the local population to read and write. about this 2.0 km that i spent in nomadism across the tundra with this red plague, she later wrote in her book. the thirties of the 20th century were found on the timer. rock salt coal deposit. and during the great patriotic war