OREANDA-NEWS. May 23, 2013. The awarding ceremony for the winners of the annual regional corporate children drawing contest "Nature Is Alive and I Am Alive!" on the subject "I am drawing Oil!" was held at the Large Hall of JSC TATNEFT.

The 70th anniversary of starting the development of oil fields in the Republic will be celebrated in Tatarstan and at JSC TATNEFT this year. Therefore the subject of this contest has been not only environmental issues, but also the history of oil.

Such competitions have become a good tradition: the contest has been organized for the fourth consecutive year on the initiative of JSC TATNEFT, and young artists of the whole oil producing region - children of the employees of TATNEFT Group of Companies, oil service companies and small oil producing companies of the Republic participating in the contest appeal in their drawings to treat the nature with due care, preserve and protect the world around us.

630 young hopefuls aged from 4 to 17 years from Almetyevsk, Jalil Leninogorsk, Bugulma, Aznakaevo, Bavly, Nizhnekamsk, Nurlat and other populated communities of the South-eastern part of Tatarstan had participated in the contest "I'm drawing Oil!. In total, they had presented more than 700 works to the jury.

The Commission had determined the contest winners in three age groups. The active participation of the children who presented a large number of talented works had allowed the contest commission establishing not only the Grand Prix and the traditional first, second and third places by the age categories, but also constituting special prizes in certain categories, such as "For sincerity and intensity of the feelings expression", "For originality of the topic coverage", "For responsibility and patriotism" "To the youngest participants of the contest", "For original technique of the work execution", etc.

Rustam Mukhamadeev, Deputy Director General of JSC TATNEFT on Human Resources and Social Development, welcomed the attendees in the hall on behalf of Shafagat Takhautdinov, the Company's General Director. He pointed out in his speech that the main objective of this contest is to cultivate spirituality and culture in the younger generation and form their love for the native land and nature, solicitous attitude to the environment.

Vladimir Fadeev, Deputy Chief Engineer - Head of Production Department of JSC TATNEFT, in his address to the participants of the promotional environmental event pointed out that those positive and bright pictures of young artists reflected the Company's large-scale work in the area of environmental protection and ecological security.

Addressing the participants of the event, Nuria Valeyeva, Head of the press-service of JSC TATNEFT, said that the annual contest is held under the unchanged motto "Nature Is Alive and I Am Alive!, which had great significance. She appealed to the young talents saying: "It is impossible to imagine our land without plants, trees, fields and forests, birds and butterflies, so take care of the nature, her every blade of grass or insect, do not kill the bugs, even spiders". Also, many thanks were expressed to the parents and teachers, helping children to grow active and enthusiastic people.

The works presented by the young artists have shown a mastery of handling a pencil, a brush and paints; they used a variety of techniques and materials. The instruments were different, but the goal was the same: take care of the nature, learn more about the native land and what is the most important - love the Motherland. All the winners and runners-up were awarded diplomas and valuable gifts.

The works of the Contest participant will be exhibited at the gallery of Almetyevsk on the Children's Day.