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CORPORATE PARTICIPATION IN THE LIFE OF SOCIETYThe Company also responds to individual proposals coming fromunique publishing projects. Thus, an edition of "Pechora Tales" whichhad been conceived by Pushkin was published in commemoration ofthe poet's 200th birthday. With help from the Company, theInternational Pushkin Foundation "Classika" has embarked on publicationof the complete works of Fyodor Tyutchev on the eve of his 200thbirthday.LUKOIL contributed to the celebration of Saint Petersburg's 300thanniversary by funding two exhibits at the Russian Museum: "Petersburg:City and Citizens" and "Russian Museum in Moscow: Petersburg, MyLove…" The company also contributed to the municipal festival "Openingof Children's Book Week", to the International Navy Show, and to a freeconcert "Petersburg in Waltzes" performed by the Tchaikovsky LargeSymphony Orchestra in front of the Mikhail Castle. In addition, theCompany contributed to the restoration both of the monument toCatherine the Great and of the Konstantin Palace in Strelna. Its donationshelped the Institute of Russian Literature and the "Classika" Foundationpublish art albums "Pushkin House" and "Peter's City". The former tells thehistory of a major centre of Russian academic science, while the latter isa collection of Russian poetry devoted to Saint Petersburg.LUKOIL works on projectswith the following museums:A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine ArtsMoscow Kremlin museums;State Russian Museum;Malye Karely: Arkhangelsk StateMuseum of Wooden Architecture andFolk ArtUkhta Museum of Regional HistoryAstrakhan Kremlin.LUKOIL has long-standingcooperation with:P. I. Tchaikovsky Large SymphonyOrchestra, Chief Conductor V. FedoseevDance Ensemble "Beriozka"Academic Choir of Russian SingingPerm State Opera and Ballet TheatreVolgograd Children's TheatreReligious traditions and cultureThe Company participates in the revival of religious traditions and spiritualculture. LUKOIL is particularly keen on supporting those institutionswhose work includes serving society. For a number of years, theCompany has helped the Moscow branch of the Pyukhta Women'sMonastery of St. Assumption, and it contributes to the reconstructionof the 15th century Optina Pustyn Monastery, an ancient sacred placeand the destination of Orthodox Russian pilgrimages. Thanks to theCompany's assistance, Orthodox churches were built in Kogalym, Urai,Langepas, Pokachi, and Usinsk. Mosques were constructed inKogalym and Ufa. The chapel of Sacred Springs in the Trinity-SergiusLavra and the Saint Pokrov Cathedral in Novorossyisk have beenrestored.The Company is on Board of Trustees of:State Academic Bolshoi TheatreMoscow Tchaikovsky StateConservatory.Regional subsidiaries of the Group also take an active part in revival anddevelopment of the centres of religious and spiritual life of the country.Their donations were used to restore or rebuild the churches65