Magnitogorsk / Магнитого́рск / Magnetic Mountain

Population: 407,775 people

Factory: Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, founded in 1932 and currently active. 

In 2017 was the 30th largest steel factory in the world

Stock price on May 18th 2021: Rub 64,14 (+0,90 (+1,42 %)

During World War 2 the Soviet organised a mass production of the T-34 medium tank during World War 2 in Magnitogorsk.

Currently, with the depletion of the substantial local iron-ore reserves, Magnitogorsk has to import raw materials from Sokolvsko-Sarbaisky deposit in northern Kazakhstan.

There are three theatres in Magnitogorsk: Pushkin Drama Theatre (the oldest in the city), the Opera and Ballet House, and the Puppet Theatre. The Church of the Ascension of the Lord opened in 2004.

Outokumpu / Оутокумпу / Strange Hill

Population: 6,508 people

Mine: Outokumpu copper ore mine, active between 1913-1989.

Outkumpu Oyj company is the largest producer of stainless steel in Europe and second largest in Americas. 

Stock price on May 18th 2021: 4,81 € +0,12 (2,47%)

During World War 2 approximately 75 % of Outokumpu Oy’s trade and copper production went for Nazi Germany’s warfare purposes.

Currently, Outokumpu Oyj has factories in Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, Tornio, United States.

There is an active cultural scene in Outokumpu due to art students and local resources. Kino Marita and Kiisu teatteri are two of the main cultural venues for experimental performing arts. The Church of Outokumpu was opened in 1955.

Taiteilijat Työssä/ Работающие Художни_цы / The Artists at Work 

Population: 2 people

Factory: The artists at work Suvi and Dasha were conceived between 1984-1989. They both have spent 10 years in higher education studies and 8006 hours doing dance and performance practice. They are not particularly successful anywhere.

No stock price on May 18th 2021.

Currently, the Artists at Work do art-related work 70 % of time without payment and 20 % of time with payment. The 10 % of time is a give/return/favor type of economy. This is the first time the Artists at Work do a work together in a theatre space. 

Lumi/Снег/Snow

THE CAPITAL REGION of Finland has received so much snow this winter that the metres-high piles hauled to designated snow dump areas may not melt during the course of the summer, reports Helsingin Sanomat.

In Uusimaa, for example, the amount of snow was 1.7 times higher than last year in January, according to Foreca.

Helsingin Sanomat on Friday wrote that the piles of snow stand almost as high as 20 metres at the dump area in Herttoniemi, eastern Helsinki. In Maununneva, a north-western neighbourhood of the city, lorries have dumped roughly 16,000 loads of snow at the dump area, revealed Tero Koppinen, a production manager at Helsinki City Construction Services (Stara).

The snow ploughed from roads forms a large structure, nicknamed by the locals as the Alps, also at the only snow dump area in Espoo, in Vanttila.

(taken from https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/03/21/global-warming-finland-thinks-their-winter-snow-might-not-melt-this-summer/. Published on 15 of March 2021)