November  27, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On December 1 the International Tennis Tournament ATP Challenger Tour will be started in Khanty-Mansiysk.

The competitions will be held at the Center of Tennis Sport Development, its total area is over 15,5 ths. sq.m and 7 courts with special cover will be at the disposal of sportsmen and tribunes for 3,5 ths. spectators.

Based on the information of the Tournament Director Pavel Shestakov, the competitions will be held in accordance with the Olympic system until one defeat. Tennis players from Russia, Germany, Spain, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Serbia and USA  confirmed their participation in the tournament. Each of 32 sportsmen will play two games as minimum but the winner of men’s tournament should win five matches. "It is the first  tennis  tournament  of such level to be held in the Autonomous Okrug. Such competitions were held only in   Moscow", - emphasized Pavel Shestakov.

"Khanty-Mansiysk is possessed of great experience of hosting international competitions. I am confident that this tournament will be held on the highest organizational level", - said President of the Ugra Tennis Federation  Gandj Amirov.

Ugra will be represented at the international tournament by four tennis players: Vladislav Shamin, Ruslan Bekoev, Sergei Pushnikov and Timur Abinov. The qualifying competitions will start on November 29.

The Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP was created in 1972 to defend and represent interests of professional tennis players. The tournaments of ATP level Challenger Series are held for sportsmen - beginners.

November  27, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On December 10-12 in Khanty-Mansiysk there will be held the XIV exhibition-fair "Commodities of Ugra" in the frames of the celebration of the Autonomous Okrug anniversary.

Over 120 companies of the region are expected to participate in the regional fair.

In the frames of the business program there will be held seminars and meetings, round tables, devoted to the development of timber and agribusiness sectors, state support and social responsibility of business, improvement of inner food market. There will be organized the consultative center,  tourist  salon and stock exchange of business contacts.

Besides, while three days representatives of tourist industry will be able to attend training courses of upgrading in psychology and technologies of tourist product effective sales.

A cultural program will be offered to the exhibition visitors: presentations of the Okrug municipalities, performances, fashion show.

November  27, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On December 8 in Moscow it will beheld the presentation of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug for embassies of foreign countries. The event is to be held in the frames of the celebration of the 79-th anniversary of Ugra.

Ambassadors of European countries, countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America, members of international organizations and foreign business community, representatives of federal authorities will participate in the Presentation to be held at the Grand Mansion of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. High guests will get acquainted with success of the region’s social and economic development, will tell about the role  of Ugra in Russian economy. The format of the event includes  speeches by RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov and Governor of the Autonomous Okrug Alexander Filipenko.

The key goal of the Presentation - to promote to economic interests of the Autonomous Okrug via attracting attention of representatives of foreign embassies and foreign partners to prospects of its development, investment and innovational potential.  At the Presentation the discussion will be devoted to opportunities of cooperation among enterprises of fuel and energy and agribusiness complexes, wood-working industry, banking sector, research organizations.

November  27, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On November 30 the motor rally  to towns of Ugra will start  and be devoted to the World Boxing Cup among oil-producing companies.

In the frames of the motor rally the World and European Champions, prize-winners of the Olympic Games Alexander Maletin, Evgeni Makarenko, Maxim Makhinin, Honored coaches of Russia Vasili Volf, Vasili Zhirov will hold friendly meetings and master-classes with sportsmen and fans of this sport. Each participant will get a certificate and souvenirs of the World Cup with champions’ autographs.  President of the Regional Boxing Federation Alexei Safiollin said that the key goal of the motor rally - to attract attention of Ugra population to the coming large-scale sport event and popularize boxing in the Autonomous Okrug.

The motor rally will be started in Nizhnevartovsk at 11.00 a.m. from the central square of the town. First the participants of the motor rally will leave for Surgut and Pyt-Yakh. Then after a short stop in Khanty-Mansiysk the rally will go to the west - Mezhdurechenski, Yugorsk, Sovetski, Priobye. The "trip" will be finished in the regional center on December 5. Here on December 16-21 for the first time in the history of boxing development in Ugra it will be held the World Boxing Cup among oil-producing countries and will be devoted to Hero of Socialist Labor Farman Salmanov.

Based on the information of the Organizing Committee, 11 countries confirmed their participation in the World Cup  including Russia, USA, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Byelorussia, Latvia, France. The top boxers of the national and regional combined teams will defend the honor of our country.

November  27, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The tenth of the jubilee issue - "Managerial culture - factor of innovational development". The editorial office of the journal tried to answer the question: how to raise the existing managerial culture to the level of the requirements  for advanced highly-technological world?

The topic of the issue starts from the interview of the Plenipotentiary representative of President in the Urals Federal District N.A. Vinnichenko who determined principal moments of public officers’ managerial culture.

The interview of the Deputy Head of the Ugra Governor’s administration G.V. Gerlovski is devoted to the choice of staff, appointment for positions and promotion of a public officer.

Directors of the departments, members of the Ugra Government N.V. Boiko, V.V. Zhouravlev, V.S. Koltsov told about the necessity of application of advanced achievements in the sphere of management for effective management.

Professor Chevtaeva (Yekaterinburg) in her article tells about the historic retrospective of Russian public officers culture problems and their role for the present.

The series of publications by V.A. Mindolin "Statesmen of Russia. XX century" is continued in the permanent division of the journal "Academy of Management" and this time the article will be devoted to Yu.V. Andropov.