Children of the Urals Mansi - pupils of the school number 3 in the village Polunochnoye Ivdelsky urban district - began to learn their native language. Special classes are attended by 14 children from 2 to 9 grade, according to the Department of Information Policy of the Governor.

In total, in the Sverdlovsk region in the Ivdelsky urban district there are 108 representatives of the indigenous minority of the North - Mansi, of whom in the forest settlements - about 70 people. On the instructions of the governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev in 2016, a plan was prepared for the main measures to implement the Concept of Sustainable Development of Indigenous Minorities for 2016-2025. The study of the national language of Mansi is realized by the Ministry of Economics within the framework of this concept.

To conduct classes in the Ivdelsky urban district, specially invited teachers from Khanty-Mansiysk. He works in the village for two weeks a month. The first section of knowledge showed: in spite of the fact that Mansi children speak well in their native language, they do not know the letter.

As the director of school No. 3 in the village Polunochnoe Olga Galasheva told, the children did not immediately realize the importance of such activities.

"The teacher managed to interest our students. Previously, they did not need to talk about their culture and present it reliably, but they plunged into it with a head and began to appreciate and love. Joint forces of the pupils and teachers of the school were decorated ethnocultural corner of the "Hosts of the Taiga". Together with the teacher of the Mansi language, the children conduct national holidays, speak with national numbers and once even broadcast live on the radio "Yugoria", where they told about themselves, their families and hobbies in their native language, "Olga Galasheva shared..

The Sverdlovsk government has a special working group to address the problems of the indigenous small people. The regional authorities, in particular, promote the general education of children from the Mansi families, help to improve the health of representatives of this small number of people. Given that the main occupation of Mansi - hunting, fishing, the main emphasis in the work on promoting employment is on the development of fishing activities. Last year, for the Mansi, living in remote forest settlements, four snowmobiles were purchased for budgetary funds. In addition, earlier they also bought snowmobiles and motor boats.

By the way, indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North will continue to receive support from the government of the Sverdlovsk region and henceforth. According to the decree on the implementation in the region in 2017-2025 of the Concept of Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, in the next 9 years, these residents from the budget and extra-budgetary sources will be assisted in the following areas: health, education, employment , Culture, social protection and support of social and economic development.