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With the support of RN-Purneftegaz and Kharampurneftegaz (part of the oil and gas production complex of NK Rosneft), the village of Kharampur celebrated the holiday of the indigenous people of the North – Reindeer Herder’s Day. Reindeer herders and fishermen from all over the Purovsky District of Yamal, as well as guests from the cities of Gubkinsky and Tarko-Sale, gathered in the national village, where more than 800 forest Nenets currently live.
Traditional reindeer sled races were held on the banks of the Aivasedapur River. The fastest participants received gifts from the oil workers. A spectacular part of the festival was the reindeer sled parade, for which the residents of the national village also decorated the reindeer with beads and ribbons of multi-colored cloth. Reindeer herders also competed in national sports – wrestling, jumping over sleds, throwing a tynzyan on a khorey (tynzyan is a lasso, and a khorey is a long pole used to drive reindeer). Women took part in a competition for the best traditional outfit. In the boarding school built by Rosneft in Kharampur, the traditions and techniques of this craft and sewing of national costumes are passed on to young people in the beading circle.
Guests of the festival were treated to traditional Nenets cuisine: stroganina, lightly salted fish, shurpa made from reindeer meat and desserts made from tundra berries. The culmination of the festival was a concert by Yamal creative groups.
Preservation of the national culture of the indigenous peoples of the North and their traditional way of life is one of the significant areas of Rosneft’s social policy. The Company’s enterprises implement many projects in the regions of their operations, develop the infrastructure of northern villages, help reindeer herder families, improve the material and technical base of educational institutions and social facilities in the areas of original residence of indigenous peoples.
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The settlement of Kharampur (translated from Nenets as “Larch on a noisy river”) was founded in the 1920s as a permanent trading post. With the support of Rosneft, the settlement was revived as a national village in 2002. Thanks to the Company’s patronage, Kharampur became the cultural center of the Forest Nenets. Oil workers built the communal and social infrastructure of the settlement, a cultural and leisure center, a library and a boarding school, where children of reindeer herders and fishermen, in addition to the general education program, study their native language and traditional crafts. Two-story octagonal cottages, stylized as a Nenets chum dwelling, were built for the residents.
RN-Purneftegaz is implementing a grant project aimed at preserving the unique language and national identity of the Forest Nenets.
Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft March 20, 2025
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