Professional skills competition among reindeer herders and hunters was held in Yugra. The participants competed in sled racing, rope throwing, laying firewood on sleds and other disciplines. An exhibition and fair with handicrafts was organized at the festival and a national camp with unique plagues from different districts of the district was established.
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, also known as Khanty-Mansia (Khantia-Mansia), is a federal subject of Russia(an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). It has a population of 1,532,243 as of the 2010 Census. Its administrative center is located at Khanty-Mansiysk.
The peoples native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob-Ugric peoples, but today the two groups only constitute 2.5% of the region's population. The local languages, Khanty and Mansi, are part of the Ugric branch of the Finno-Ugric language family, and enjoy a special status in the autonomous okrug. Russian remains the only official language.
The Indigenous population (Khanty, Mansi, Komi, and Nenets) is only 2.8% of the total population in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. The exploitation of natural gas in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug has attracted immigrants from all over the former Soviet Union. The 2021 Census counted 17 ethnic groups of more than five thousand persons each.
It is the main oil and gas producing region of Russia and one of the largest oil producing regions in the world. Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug ranks 3rd in the "rating of the socio-economic situation of the regions of Russia", as well as the 2nd largest economy in Russia (second only to Moscow).
The climate of the district is continental, characterized by rapid changes in weather conditions, especially during transitional periods — from autumn to winter and from spring to summer. Climate formation is significantly influenced by the protection of the territory from the west by the Ural Ridge and the openness of the territory from the north, which contributes to the penetration of cold Arctic masses. Winters are cold and long, with stable snow cover; summers are relatively warm and quite short.
The mammalian fauna of Yugra is quite rich and represents a typical taiga complex, including about 50 species belonging to six orders. The vertebrate fauna includes 369 species. There are 60 species of mammals, 28 of which are commercial. The most common and economically valuable are: fox, arctic fox, squirrel, sable, marten, ermine, columella, wild boar, weasel, otter, white hare, bear, moose, wolf, etc.
The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug — Yugra traditionally belonged to the regions of developed hunting. Moreover, the main production of the farm, which was of commercial importance, was furs.
For hundreds of years, hunting and reindeer husbandry has been the basis of the way of life and culture of the indigenous peoples of the North. Therefore, nowadays it can be considered with full confidence as an ethnically-preserving type of traditional culture.
Governor Ruslan Kukharuk, who took part in the event, thanked the Yugorsk residents for the warm welcome. As part of his efforts to preserve the traditions of the indigenous peoples of the North, he promised to work out a proposal for representatives from other regions of Russia to participate in the competition. Hunting and Wildlife videos from Russia
