October 14, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

At the XI All-Russia agribusiness exhibition "Golden autumn-2009" Ugra was represented by producers of products and State inspection for control over technical condition of mobile machines and other kinds of equipment and technique of the Autonomous Okrug.

Ugra had a success: the regional inspection "Gostechnadzor"  got the  diploma of the I rank and was awarded with a gold medal "For the improvement of the work in carrying out the control over technical state of  mobile machines and other kinds of equipment and technique".

October 14, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The agreement on interaction and cooperation in the implementation of the project "Social and payment card of Ugra" is expected to be signed by Governor, Chairman of the Ugra Government Alexander Filipenko and President, Chairman of the Board of the RF Sberbank German Gref today in Moscow.

The document states the joint work to improve the system of the registration and increased quality of   social services provided to population with the application of  the Social and payment card of Ugra. Sberbank is ready to be one of potential partners and financial consultant under this significant project which has been implemented in the Autonomous Okrug for several years already. In experts’ opinion joint efforts of the Ugra Government and Sberbank of Russia will let the project be on a higher level and provide the application of the Social and payment card of Ugra in all spheres, stated by the federal legislation.

October 14, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Festive events  in the frames of the celebration of the Finno-Ugric Peoples’ relative Days will be held  today in Khanty-Mansiysk.

In organizers’ opinion - Finno-Ugric cultural center of the Russian Federation, art association "Kultura", State Museum of Nature and Man and Center of Folk Crafts and Art, the Action will promote to uniting the relative peoples,  separated by territorial borders, and strengthening of cooperation among ethnic and cultural institutions of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Finno-Ugric cultural center of Russia.

On October 14 four exhibitions will be opened in Khanty-Mansiysk. The presentation of works by the Hungarian painter-ceramist Svetlana Tot "Tree of Life" where the mythological ideas of Finno-Ugric peoples while the epoch of III-II thousand B.C. will be demonstrated.

The International exposition of children’s art "Will of Ancestors" will be opened at the Center of Folk Crafts and Art. The opening of photo exhibitions reflecting culture and life of Finno-Ugric peoples will take place at the hall of the House of Peoples’ Friendship. "Unity and Difference"  - photo materials from 30 years’ expedition archive of students of the Estonian Art Academy. "We are and will be" - works by photo journalists and photo amateurs who took pictures of representatives of Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia.

Today the Finno-Ugric world celebrates the Days of Finno-Ugric Peoples annually  at the end of the third week of October. For the first time the events were held on February 28 of 1928 in Finland  at the same time of the Day of Kalevala.  A year later - in Estonia. In 1931 at the IV Congress of Finno-Ugric Culture it was made a decision about annual celebration of the Days of relative Finno-Ugric Peoples in Estonia, Finland and Hungary annually at the end of the third week of October. Then meetings, cultural events, services in cathedrals took place. While the war the celebrations were stopped. From 1991 the Foundation "Fenno-Ugria" initiated the revival of these events. That time Finno-Ugric regions of the Russian Federation joined the celebrations - concerts, festivals, exhibitions and friendly meetings.

While the last decade the Days of relative Finno-Ugric peoples became a symbol of the Finno-Ugric peoples’ unity, aspiration for mutual enrichment of cultures and respect of national traditions and customs.