Rosneft Employees Held Themed Events to Mark International Mother Language Day
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International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually on 21 February. The United Nations has designated a day to promote linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as the development of intercultural dialogue. Rosneft and its subsidiaries have organised events with the aim of preserving the multilingualism and cultural identity of the peoples of Russia.
Themed events brought together oil workers, enterprise veterans, schoolchildren, students from social institutions, and young people from the Movement of the Firsts. The event featured poetry and prose readings in over 20 languages, as well as quizzes and national games dedicated to Russia’s cultural identity and linguistic diversity.
Samotlorneftegaz and Tyumenneftegaz organised literary and patriotic events, where they read poems in the languages of the peoples of Russia, highlighting the cultural diversity of our country.
In Nizhnevartovsk, a poetry flash mob brought together representatives of different nationalities. At iconic locations throughout the city, including the legendary Samotlor oil field, poems by Mari, Bashkir, Tatar, and Chechen poets were recited, as well as works by Khanty and Mansi poets. The activists from the Movement of the Firsts and public organisations joined the oil workers.
At Tyumenneftegaz and the Russian field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, the immortal lines of Alexander Pushkin’s “Winter Morning” were recited in Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Chuvash, Udmurt and Chechen, demonstrating the unifying power of literary masterpieces that transcend linguistic and cultural boundaries.
Rosneft is committed to preserving the languages of indigenous peoples. The village of Bulava in the Khabarovsk Territory hosted the Living Classics literary competition, which was supported by Sakhalinmorneftegaz-Shelf. Readings were organised in the rare Amur language of the Ulch people, with the participation of young representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Far East.
In Yamal, RN-Purnegaz employees organised an engaging quiz for children from the boarding school of the national village of Kharampur in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, offering them an opportunity to experience the traditions of the northern peoples. In response, the children performed a musical composition in the Nenets language for the oil workers. The Syzran Oil Refinery organised an informative quiz on the traditions and languages of the peoples inhabiting the Volga region.
Bashneft volunteers organised interactive quizzes on the Bashkir and Russian languages and created a video containing greetings in a range of languages spoken throughout Russia. In addition, Bashkir oil workers organised a collection of books in national languages for children from social institutions under their supervision, as well as a book exchange in offices.
Orenburgneft organised an online literary competition for young people called #Янародном (which translates as “I speak national”). Participants competed in expressive readings of works by Russian and national poets and writers. Employees of the Achinsk Refinery introduced students from Lyceum No. 1 to the Nanai fairy tale entitled “Ayoga”, and told them about the traditions and way of life of the smallest ethnic group in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. As part of the Reading with Mum project, oil workers will introduce schoolchildren to the folklore and literary works of the peoples of Russia throughout the year.
Together with volunteers from the Movement of the Firsts, employees and veterans of the Komsomolsk Refinery organised a themed celebration at Orphanage No. 20 in the village of Khurba in the Khabarovsk Territory. The volunteers informed the children about the unique cultures of the country’s different ethnic groups and organised themed games with puzzles and riddles, as well as a musical relay race.
In the Irkutsk region, employees of Rosneft’s Angarsk enterprise participated in an internal corporate intellectual tournament, titled “The Greatest, the Mighty, the National!”. As part of the competition, participants demonstrated their knowledge of spelling and punctuation rules, immersed themselves in the history of the Russian language and its etymology, and tested their linguistic intuition.
Udmurtneft coincided the date with its annual “Winter! Sport!’ Family!” festival, which is open to employees, their families, and residents of Udmurtia. As part of the celebrations, a friendship ski race was held. The participants wore national costumes and supporters prepared posters with greetings for the athletes in the languages of Russia’s ethnic groups.
Preserving the national cultures of indigenous peoples and their traditional way of life is one of the key areas of Rosneft’s social policy. The Company and its subsidiaries are committed to supporting initiatives that promote the preservation of traditional knowledge and culture in the regions where they operate. They implement projects to publish textbooks and dictionaries, and launch online courses and digital platforms for learning and promoting the unique languages of the peoples of Russia.
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February 24, 2026