Dear friends!

You are on the page of the contest “Outstanding persons of the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples” (“Leaders of the Finno-Ugric World”), which was held from may 16 to 7 December 2011 at the website of the Media centre of finno-ugric peoples FINUGOR. International competition has been held in Russia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary and other countries, where the population of the finno-ugric and samoyed peoples, with the purpose of popularization the information about the outstanding representatives of the ethnic groups of the ural language family and persons, who made a significant contribution to the study, preservation and development of languages and cultures of these peoples. The contest was held in three stages, details of which can be found here.

On the website of the media centre FINIGOR was created a list of names of prominent representatives of all 25 of the finno-ugric and samoyed peoples with the help of our users, experts and partners of the project. The collection of nominees for the title of "leader of the finno-ugric world" was held in eight nominations: mythological character, historical figure, modern political and social leaders, scientists and educators, art worker, sportsmen, «the person of business», “friend of the finno-ugric world”. A possibility of replenishment of the list of names was in every internet user.

In the course of the competition received almost 600 biographies, a large number of photos, video- and audio materials. Of them were selected finalists - winners of the title "leader of the finno-ugric world".