Stockshots of the mining town of Mirny in Russia Stockshots of the city of Mirny, in north eastern Siberia. Founded in the mid-1950s after the discovery of the first diamonds, the city is still entirely dedicated to the extraction of the gemstone, and most of the 35,000 inhabitants are employed by Alrosa, the world’s largest producer of rough carats. Mirny's first mine functioned until 2017 after a flood killed eight people. STOCK SHOTS of the mining town of Mirny