With the support of RN-Purneftegaz and Kharampurneftegaz (part of Rosneft's oil and gas production complex), the village of Kharampur celebrated Reindeer Herder's Day, a holiday of the indigenous people of the North. Reindeer herders and fishermen from all over the Purovsky District of Yamal, as well as guests from the towns of Gubkinsky and Tarko-Sale, gathered in the ethnic village, where more than 800 Forest Nenets now live.

Traditional reindeer sled races were held on the banks of the Ayvasedapur River. The fastest participants received gifts from oil workers. The parade of reindeer sleds became a spectacular part of the holiday, for which the residents of the ethnic village also decorated the reindeer with beads and ribbons of multi-coloured cloth. Reindeer herders also competed in national sports - wrestling, jumping over sleds, throwing a tynzian to a khorei (a tynzian is a harness and a khorei is a long pole used to chase reindeer). Women participated in a competition for the best traditional attire. The beadweaving class at the boarding school built by Rosneft in Kharampur teaches young people the traditions and techniques of beading and national costume sewing.

The guests were treated to traditional Nenets cuisine: stroganina, salted fish, venison shurpa and desserts made of tundra berries. The festival culminated with a concert by Yamal artistic groups.

One of the key areas of Rosneft's social policy is the preservation of the national culture of the indigenous peoples of the North and their traditional way of life. The Company's enterprises implement numerous projects in their regions of operation, developing infrastructure in northern villages, supporting reindeer herding families, and improving the material and technical base of educational institutions and social facilities in the ancestral homelands of indigenous minorities.

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March 20, 2025