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UGRA

Alyona Cherkashina is a mosaic artist. The mosaic style is a blend of art and techniques, such as sketching and working with materials. Understanding of history is also vital to the creative process. Natural stones, marble, smalt, stained glass are mostly used in mosaic making. The artist works in the Art Nouveau style. She also devised her own method of mosaic laying. Alyona makes all kinds of mosaic art: paintings, panels, art objects, interior decor items.

In the process of making her art, she employs direct and reverse mosaic techniques and practices different methods. For instance, the Opus Vermiculatum method is like a halo surrounding the mosaic image, thus emphasising an outline around a subject. Opus Musivum is another method used by the artist, where modules of different shapes and sizes are used. Hammer and hardie, or martellina and tagliolo in Italian, are used for cutting mosaic materials - small blocks of stone, tessera. Her art is always a unique and her products are always collectibles.

Ivan Demyanenko is an artist, professor in Nizhnevartovsk State University, member of the independent art group Balok, participant of numerous exhibitions. In 2014, he was awarded the Medal "For Contribution to the Russian Fine Arts" by the Creative Union of Russian Artists. Ivan deals in various art forms: graphic arts, visual arts, pottery, sculpting, video art. He identifies his work as ethno-futurism. Creates sculptures based on the myths of the ethic peoples of the North, interprets them through the prism of modern art.

Literary figures inspire him in the process of making pottery. His paintings are based on his personal observations and interactions with the surrounding world. As for graphic art, it's even easier - his goals inspire him. Art objects are based on experiments, and video art encourages to interact with the world. Various forms of art require a lot of materials. For instance - grog, porcelain, ceramic glaze, engobe are used in pottery. Canvas and oil are his preferred tools for painting. Paper - for graphic art. As for his art projects, mixed equipment is usually required.

Pashtet_hm is a manufacturer of home-made chicken liver pâté with various fillings that comes in a nice package. Natural ingredients are what makes it so popular and unique. The manufacturers kept up with the times. The make pâté with different fillings and decorate them so that you can post it on social media. And that's how the concept of insta-pâté came to be.

It is made with 100% organic ingredients, so you should store it in the fridge and use it before the 5 day mark. They go in environmentally friendly paper-based packagings. All ingredients are delivered from Russian suppliers. Pâté is available in numerous flavours: orange confit, cranberries in cognac, cranberry sauce that won't leave you indifferent.

Romans' photographs bring out his view of the surrounding urban landscapes, the locals and the country in general. He mostly shoots street and conceptual photography. He released a series of shots of his hometown and its surroundings. Concrete panel apartment blocks, churches with gold domes, street kiosks and old buses stand in sharp contrast with the snowy Northern landscapes. The town looks empty, surrounded by the snow texture of the white background.

And only occasional passers-by remind you that people still live there. There is a story behind each of his photographs. In 2019, Roman held a solo exhibition in Surgut. The works were included in the publication of the online magazine The Calvert Journal.

Creative workshops, educational lectures, different types of activities, just meeting with friends and having a good time – all this happens at the Picnic. The PicnicXM project is carried out by ordinary people who love their hometown. They also receive the support of the social investment "Hometowns" program by the corporate foundation Gazprom Neft and the Administration of Khanty-Mansiysk. The festival is held annually in July.

Alleys of craftsmen, lecture halls, children's playgrounds and sports grounds where Russian flatball, fencing and nail standing tournaments take place. Here you can draw a "Map of a Happy Life", make lemonade or grow microgreens, look at the sun in a telescope, learn a new creative hobby or take part in a sports competition. Adults and children of all ages will find activities perfect for them.

The mission of the guild is to unite craftsmen of decorative arts and assist in the promotion of their products in the souvenir markets. They also do oil-themed souvenirs. The Black Gold, for instance, is an item with real oil inside the tube, safely sealed using a special technology. Each product has a label describing the properties of oil, the history of the oil industry and the role of the Yugra region in the country's oil production.

The guild promotes the brand of the regional oil industry on the federal level. In 2020, they entered the All-Russian Selection of Souvenir Manufacturers. The guild's products help preserve legends and heritage of the peoples of the North. It also protects a part of indigenous peoples' lives. The guild has won in the "Best Innovative Product" nomination of a local festival in Yugra.

The first professional theater of small indigenous peoples of the North, which aims to preserve, develop and spread the culture of the ethnic groups of the Yugra region. And it so happens that some of the playwrights and artists of the theater belong the those ethnic groups. The shows are largely based on the Ob-Ugric peoples' cultural heritage.

A lot of the shows are staged in the native language of the northern peoples of Siberia. Actors often use rare techniques of throat singing, immersing the viewer in the magical atmosphere of the ancient lore. The theater received numerous National Theater Awards, counting The Golden Mask, Harlequin, Majatuli. It has also been included in the "19 best Russian theaters outside Moscow and St. Petersburg" selection by the Association of Theatrical Critics of the Yandex.Afisha ticket sales service.

Clothing, home decor items and ornament accessories. The designs of the brand are based on the studies of ethnographic artifacts – ceremonial costumes of Ostyaks and Voguls, indigenous peoples living in the Yugra region in the 18th - 19th centuries, restored according to museum collections stored in Russia, Hungary and Finland. The style of Suri clothing can be described as ethnic casual. The brand presents a wide range of linen embroidered T-shirts, hoodies, shirts, vests, caftan coats, jackets, tote bags, covers, makeup bags, kerchiefs, shawls, interior decor items.

The designers of the brand leave the patterns as they were centuries ago, without changing them. The founder of the brand regards ethnic embroidery and traditional paintings as the finest examples of graphic design. The Suri collections were presented at screenings at the main stage of the Eastern Economic Forum 2022 in Vladivostok, as well as at the 2nd Cultural Code - Lifestyle festival, that took place in the Kazan Kremlin.