Nižnevartovsk is known as the oil capital of Russia. The city stands in the taiga forests near lake Samotlor, a colossal oil field amidst impenetrable swamps. Until the 1960s it was a small village, but now it has almost three hundred thousand inhabitants. The emblem of Nižnevartovsk shows three drops of oil, two fish and a green spruce, the wealth of Samotlor, the Ob and the taiga forests. I made my own version of this coat of arms.