FORM 6-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                            Report of Foreign Issuer
                                  May 13, 2003

                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
                       of Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                                   OAO TATNEFT
                             (also known as TATNEFT)

                              (name of Registrant)
                                 75 Lenin Street
                          Almetyevsk, Tatarstan 423400
                               Russian Federation

                    (Address of principal executive offices)


         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                      Form 20-F...X....  Form 40-F........

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

                             Yes......  No...X....

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OAO Tatneft has released the following information in connection with its annual
general shareholders' meeting:



                   For Information of OAO Tatneft Shareholders
                   -------------------------------------------

                               Dear Shareholders:

         Open Joint Stock Company Tatneft hereby notifies you of the holding of
an annual general shareholders' meeting in the form of joint presence with prior
delivery of voting ballots. The following items have been placed on the agenda
for the meeting:

  1. Report of the Board of Directors about the financial and economic
     activities of OAO Tatneft for 2002. Approval of the annual report of the
     Company and annual accounting statements, including profit and loss
     statements (profit and loss accounts) of the Company for 2002. Report of
     the external auditor of the company.
  2. Approval of the distribution of profits based on the results of the fiscal
     year.
  3. Payment of annual dividends based on the results of 2002. Approval of the
     amount of dividends and of the form and date of payment of dividends.
  4. Election of members of the Board of Directors of OAO Tatneft.
  5. Election of members of the audit commission of OAO Tatneft.
  6. Approval of the external auditor of the joint stock company.
  7. Making of changes and additions to the OAO Tatneft Charter.

         The meeting will be held on June 27, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at "Neftche"
Palace of Culture, 98 Lenin Street, Almetyevsk, Republic of Tatarstan.

         The list of shareholders entitled to participate in the annual general
shareholders' meeting is compiled on the basis of data from the register as of
8:00 a.m. on May 12, 2003.

         Preliminary registration of shareholders will be held from June 17 to
June 26, 2003 from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at OAO Tatneft Property Management
Department, 10 Gagarin Street, Almetyevsk.

         Registration on the day of the meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. at
"Neftche" Palace of Culture.

         To register as a participant in the meeting, one should have one's
passport (identity card) and representatives of shareholders should also have a
power of attorney.

         Materials related to the agenda for the meeting may be reviewed in the
newspapers "Neftyanik Tatarstana" and "Khezine," as well as at the following
addresses:

         - OAO Tatneft Property Management Department, 10 Gagarin Street,
         Almetyevsk;
         - OAO Tatneft Representative Office, 17 Tverskoi Boulevard, Moscow;
         - OAO Tatneft Representative Office, 6/2 Chernyshevskogo Street, Kazan.

         Filled-in voting ballots should be delivered to the following address:
         OAO Tatneft Property Management Department, 10 Gagarin Street,
Almetyevsk, 423450, Republic of Tatarstan.

         Votes represented by voting ballots received by the Company not later
than two days before the date of the general shareholders' meeting will be taken
into account in determining the quorum and voting results pursuant to Section 3
of Article 60 of the Federal Law "On Joint Stock Companies."

Telephones for inquiries:
25 - 07 - 00 ; 31 - 97 - 80 ; 31 - 97 - 76 ; 25 - 90 - 02


                                                  OAO Tatneft Board of Directors
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                                  INFORMATION
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             about candidates to the OAO Tatneft Board of Directors
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Rishat Fazlutdinovich ABUBAKIROV was born in 1959. In 1981, he graduated from
Kazan Construction Engineering Institute. After graduation, he has for two years
served in the Armed Forces. Between 1983 and 1990, he was a Young Komsomol
League and then a Communist Party functionary, serving at the Almetyevsk City
Komsomol Committee, Tatar Regional Komsomol Committee, and the Almetyevsk City
Communist Party Committee. Between 1990 and 2001, he worked with OAO Tatneft as
assistant to the General Director, Head of the PR Department, Chief of Staff,
Deputy General Director for Personnel and Social Development. Since July 2001,
he has been Head of Almetyevsk Region and City Administration.

Valery Pavlovich VASILIEV was born in 1947. He graduated from Kazan Agricultural
Institute in 1970 with a specialization in mechanical engineering. He started
work in 1970 as mechanical engineer at the OKS of the Agricultural Department of
the Executive Committee of Laishevsky District Council. He then worked in the
Laishevsky District as Chief Engineer of Volzhsky state farm, Chairman of Put
Ilyicha collective farm and Director of Rossiya farm. From 1977 to 1985, he was
a full-time party officer, serving as the Second and First Secretary of the
Laishevsky District Committee of the CPSU and Head of the Agriculture and Food
Industry Section of the Tatar Region Committee of the Communist Party. In 1988,
he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Republic's State Agricultural
Committee and Minister of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He was
then appointed First Secretary of the Rybno-Slobodsky District Committee of the
CPSU. From 1989 to 1995, he worked with the Government of the Republic as First
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet
Socialist Republic and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan.
He was then Head of the Control Department of the President of the Republic of
Tatarstan. From 1996 to 1999, he headed the Ministry for Agriculture and Food of
the Republic of Tatarstan. In May 1999, he was appointed Chairman of the State
Property Management Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan. Since 2001, he has
been Minister for Land and Property Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Radik Raufovich GAIZATULLIN was born in 1964. In 1985, he graduated from Kazan
Agricultural Institute with a specialization in accounting and economic analysis
of agriculture. He started work as chief accountant at the collective farm
Mayak, Laishevsky District. Then he worked as leading economist for control and
supervision of the Laishevsk District Cooperative Society, then he worked as
chief accountant of the agricultural firm Biruli, Vysokogorsk District. In 1999,
he was transferred to the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan as
Head of the Department for Financing Agriculture and Foodstuffs Industry. In
June 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of
Tatarstan and, in 2001, First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of
Tatarstan. Since June 2002, he has been Minister of Finance of the Republic of
Tatarstan.

Rinat Gimadelislamovich GALEEV was born in 1939. In 1967, he graduated from Ufa
Oil Institute with a specialization in mining engineering. Mr. Galeev started
work in 1958 as well research operator with the Oil Production Department
Almetyevneft. He then worked as head of an oil production area at the Oil
Production Department Alkeevneft, Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of
NGDU, Second and then First Secretary of the Almetyevsk City Committee of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Head of the Almetyevneft NGDU, Deputy
General Director of OAO Tatneft. Between 1990 and 1999, he was General Director
of OAO Tatneft. Since 1999, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Bank Devon-Credit. He holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences.

Nail Gabdulbarievich IBRAGIMOV was born in 1955. In 1977, he graduated cum laude
from the Moscow Gubkin Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry. Following
graduation, he first worked as an oil and gas production operator with the
Almetyevneft NGDU, and at that enterprise was gradually promoted to the position
of Chief Engineer. In 1999, he was appointed Deputy General Director and Chief
Engineer of Tatneft. He has been First Deputy General Director for Production
and Chief Engineer of the Company since 2000. He holds a Ph.D. in technical
sciences.

Vladimir Pavlovich LAVUSHCHENKO was born in 1949. He graduated from the Evening
Department of the Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry, and earned
an extramural Ph.D. from the National Research Institute of Organization of
Management and Economics of the Oil and Gas Industry. He started work in 1966
with the Almetyevsk Road Construction Unit. After serving in the military, he
worked as head of a computing equipment group at the Research and Production
Division of the Almetyevneft NGDU. In 1984, he became Head of the Scientific
Organization of Work Section of the Yamashneft NGDU, and from 1986 he worked as
Deputy Director for Economic Matters and Chief Accountant of the Almetyevneft
NGDU. In April 1995 he was appointed Chief Accountant of OAO Tatneft, and since
1997, he has been Deputy General Director for Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in
economics.

Nail Ulfatovich MAGANOV was born in 1958. In 1983, he graduated from the Tatar
Evening Department of Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry. He
started work in 1977 at NGDU Yelkhovneft, where he has worked all the way up
from helper to head of oil and gas production division. Between 1991 and 1993,
he was Deputy Head of Zainskneft NGDU for capital construction. In 1993, he was
transferred to the position of Chief of Oil and Oil Products Sales Department
with OAO Tatneft head office. In 1994, he was appointed Deputy General Director
of OAO Tatneft for Production. Since July 2000, he has been working as First
Deputy General Director for Sales and Refining of Oil and Oil Products and Head
of the Oil and Oil Products Sales Department.

Rustam Nurgalievich MINNIKHANOV was born in 1957. In 1978, he graduated from
Kazan Agricultural Institute with a specialization in mechanical engineering,
and graduated from the Extramural Institute of Soviet Trade in 1985. He started
work in 1978 as engineer responsible for diagnostics at Sabinsky District Union
of Agricultural Equipment. His further work record has included such positions
as Senior and Chief Power Engineer, Sabinsky Forestry Engineering Co. From 1983
to 1985, he was Deputy Director for Trade, Trade Authority, Sabinsky District
and from 1985 to 1990 he was Chairman, Arsky Consumer Supplies Board. Then he
was elected Chairman of the Executive Committee, Arsky District Council of
Peoples' Deputies. In 1992, for one year, he was First Deputy Head of
Administration, Arsky District, and from 1993 to 1996, he was Chairman of
Visokogorsky District Council of People's Deputies and then Head of
Administration of Visokogorsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan. From 1996
to 1998 he was Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan. Since July 1998
he has been Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan. He holds a Ph.D. in
Economics.

Renat Khaliullovich MUSLIMOV was born in 1934. In 1957, he graduated from the
Kazan State University with a specialization in geology and exploration of oil
and gas fields. He started work in 1957 as driller's assistant with a well
development team, then working as geologist, Chief of the Geological Section of
the Oil Production Department Bugulmaneft and Chief Geologist of the Oil
Production Department Leninogorskneft. From 1966 he worked as Chief Geologist
and Deputy General Director of Tatneft. Since 1998, he has been State Counsel to
the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. He is a doctor of geological and
mineralogical sciences.

Ardinat Galievich NUGAIBEKOV was born in 1947. In 1970, he graduated from Kazan
State University with a specialization in mechanical engineering and, in 1986,
he graduated from Ufa Oil Institute with a specialization in mining engineering.
He started work with NGDU Suleevneft where he worked as geologist of research
and production center. Then, for the next six years, he worked as engineer,
foreman for oil production, head of shift and deputy head of the district
engineer and technological service at NGDU Almetyevneft. In 1976, he was
appointed Head of Shop with TsBPO for EPU. Between 1978 and 1981, he was Head of
the Industry and Transportation Department of the Almetyevsk City Committee of
the CPSU, then for three years he was Head of the Central Maintenance Base for
electric loaders. Since 1984, he has been Head of NGDU Yelkhovneft. He holds a
Ph.D. in technical sciences.

Victor Vasilievich SMYKOV was born in 1949. In 1971, he graduated from Kazan
State University with a specialization in geological prospecting and development
of oil and gas fields. In 1989, he graduated from the Academy for National
Economy with the USSR Council of Ministers. He started work in 1971, as
geologist with the Elista geology and prospecting expedition. Between 1974 and
1979 he worked at NGDU Yamashneft as senior geologist, head of RITS shift,
senior geologist of underground well repair section, head of research and
production center, and head of TsDNG. Between 1979 and 1985 he was a Communist
Party functionary, serving first as an instructor and then Head of Department of
Almetyevsk City Communist Party Committee. Since 1985 he has been Head of NGDU
Yamashneft. He holds a Ph.D in technical sciences.

Aleksey Arkadievich SOKOLOV was born in 1956. He has higher education: he
graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute and Moscow Financial Institute. He
started work in 1978. He worked as an engineer at Moscow Thermal Technology
Institute, and then as a senior engineer of the State Committee for External
Economic Relations of the USSR Council of Ministers. From 1989 to 1993, he
headed the Credit and Financial Operations Department of AO Sovfintrade,
thereafter serving for three years as Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of
KIB Alfa-Bank. Since 1995, he has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Bank
Zenit.

Shafagat Fahrazovich TAKHAUTDINOV was born in 1946. In 1971, he graduated from
Moscow Gubkin Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry. He started work in
1964 as driller's assistant at Almetyevsk Drilling Operations Department, then
worked as oil production operator, underground well repair foreman and manager
of a reservoir pressure maintenance section. From 1978 to 1983, he was Chief of
the Oil Production Department Jalilneft and then for two years he was Chief of
Almetyevneft NGDU. From 1985 to 1990, he was First Secretary of the Leninogorsk
City Committee of the CPSU, and from 1990 to 1999, he worked as Chief Engineer
and First Deputy General Director of OAO Tatneft. Since 1999, he has been
General Director of OAO Tatneft. He is a doctor of economics.

Rais Salikhovich KHISAMOV was born in 1950. In 1978, he graduated from the
Evening Department of the Moscow Gubkin Institute of Petrochemical and Gas
Industry with a specialization in mining engineering. He started work as an oil
production operator at the Oil Production Department Yelkhovneft, then working
as a collector at Birsk Geological Prospecting Unit and operator at the Oil
Production Department Irkenneft. In 1972, after serving in the military, he
joined Irkenneft NGDU where he had worked until 1997 rising from the position of
well exploration operator to that of Chief Geologist. Since October 1997, he has
been working as Chief Geologist and Deputy General Director of OAO Tatneft. He
is a doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences.

Albert Kashafovich SHIGABUTDINOV was born in 1952. Following graduation from
Kazan Institute of Aviation in 1976, he started work as a laboratory engineer
for Special Construction Enterprise-5 KIS. He then worked as Deputy Director of
the farm Narmonskiy and Head of Department and Deputy Director of the Bauman
food-stuffs procurement organization in Kazan. In 1986, he became head of the
repair and maintenance enterprise of the Tatrybprom Group, then, from 1987 to
1991, served as Deputy General Director of Tatrybprom for Construction,
Logistics and Sales. In 1991, he was appointed General Director of the Foreign
Trade Research and Production Association "Kazan". Since 1995, he has worked as
General Director of OAO TAIF.


                                  INFORMATION
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              about candidates to the OAO Tatneft audit commission
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Boris Nikolaevich ARTAMONOV was born in 1955. In 1979, he graduated from Kazan
Institute for Economics and Finance. He started work in 1974 at NGDU Suleevneft
as an installation fitter. Between 1975 and 1977, he served in the Armed Forces,
thereafter again working at Suleevneft. In 1978, he was transferred to NGDU
Almetyevneft, where he worked as well research operator, economist, senior
economist and head of economics team of Research and Production Center, and then
as senior engineer of technical section. Between 1988 and 1994, he was Head of
the Planning and Economic Section at NGDU Irkenneft. In 1994, he was transferred
to NGDU Yelkhovneft, where he worked as Head of the Planning and Economic
Section and Chief Accountant. Since 2002, he has been Deputy Chief Accountant of
OAO Tatneft.

Marat Mikhailovich AFANASIEV was born in 1956. In 1978, he graduated from Kazan
State University and started work at KazNIItekhphotoproect research institute.
He has worked all the way up from laboratory assistant to the head of a research
department. Between 1993 and 1998, he was deputy head engineer and deputy
general director of OAO Khiton. From 1998, he worked during four years as Head
of Department at the Ministry for Economics and Industry of the Republic of
Tatarstan. In 2002, he was transferred to the position of Head of Department at
the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Tamara Mikhailovna VILKOVA was born in 1949. She started work in 1965. She
worked as technical assistant and performer with the State Song and Dance
Ensemble of the Zhitomir Region Philharmonic. Between 1968 and 1973, she studied
at the Siberian Metallurgical Institute. Following graduation, she worked as
seller, secondary school laboratory assistant and process engineer of the
Electropech plant in Biysk. Between 1980 and 1987, she served in the Armed
Forces. Between 1987 and 1991, she worked as a clerk and typist at the Political
Department of Kazan Higher Tank Command Staff School. Between 1991 and 1993, she
served as tax inspector and then as senior tax inspector of the State Tax
Inspectorate of Vakhitovski District in Kazan. Between 1993 and 1995, she served
as Chief State Tax Inspector of the State Tax Inspectorate of the Republic of
Tatarstan. In 1996, she graduated from Kazan Institute for Economics and Finance
with a specialization in finance and lending. In 1995, she joined OAO Tatneft as
Deputy Head of Taxation Department, and was then promoted to Head of Taxation
Department. Since 1999, she has been Deputy Chief Accountant.

Roza Zagitovna ISKHAKOVA was born in 1966. In 1988, she graduated from Leningrad
Polytechnic Institute with a specialization in economics. After graduation, she
worked as a trainee of Chief Accountant at the Nizhnekamsk Installation
Department of the Spetsatommontazh Construction Enterprise. Then, from 1989 to
1993, she was an economist at the directorate of the Tatarskaya Nuclear Power
Station, under construction at the settlement of Kamskie Poliany. After that,
she worked as accountant and economist at TOO Pchelton. In 1996, she joined NGDU
Almetyevneft as Deputy Chief Accountant for Taxation and, starting in 1997, she
worked as Head of the Finance and Taxation Department of that NGDU. In 2002, she
was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief Accountant for Taxation and Head
of Taxation Department.

Venera Gibadullovna KUZMINA was born in 1946. In 1972, she graduated from the
Evening Department of the Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry.
She started work in 1963 as a milling machine operator at the Minnibaevsk Gas
Refinery. Between 1966 and 1967, she worked as a milling machine operator at the
Dorstroimashremont plant. Between 1967 and 1982, she worked at the Oil
Production Department Almetyevneft as oil production operator, control service
technician, PRTsNO engineer and Chief Economist of Planning and Economics
Department. In 1982, she moved to the Minnibaevsk Gas Refinery as Head of its
Planning and Economics Department. Between 1983 and 1987, she worked as Deputy
Head of Planning and Economics Department at Yelkhovneft NGDU. Between 1987 and
1989, she worked as Secretary of the Almetyevsk City Council of People's
Deputies. Between 1989 and 2002, she worked as Deputy Head of Zainskneft NGDU
for Economic Matters.

Nikolai Kuzmich LAPIN was born in 1947. In 1967, he graduated from the
Laishevskiy Agricultural Vocational School with a specialization in accounting,
thereafter graduating from the Almetyevsk Oil Institute. He started work in 1967
as Chief Accountant at a collective farm. He has worked in the oil industry and
with OAO Tatneft since 1971. He has worked as economist, senior economist of the
Central Accounting Office and senior economist of the Control and Audit
Division. Between 1984 and 1987, he worked as Senior Contract Accountant in
Libya. Upon completion of the contract, he served as Deputy Chief Accountant of
OAO Tatneft responsible for control and audit work. Since 1992, he has been Head
of the Control and Audit Department.

Peter Nikolaevich PARAMONOV was born in 1955. In 1977, he graduated from Kazan
Institute for Finance and Economics with a specialization in economics. He began
work in 1977 at the Tatarstan Office of Stroibank where he worked as senior
credit inspector, Deputy Manager of the Yelabuga Branch and Head of the Finance
and Credit Division of the Almetyevsk Branch. He joined OAO Tatneft in 1981.
Since that time, he has worked as Deputy Chief Accountant of Tatneftegaz and as
Chief Accountant and Deputy Head of Irkenneft NGDU.

Liliya Rafaelovna RAKHIMZYANOVA was born in 1967. She has higher education: she
graduated in 1988 from Kazan Institute for Finance and Economics with a
specialization in industrial planning. Following graduation and until 1995 she
worked as an economist with the Production Association Kazanskiy
Optiko-Mekhanicheskiy Zavod. Then, during two years, she worked as an expert
with the Republican Trade Union Council of the Trade Union Federation of the
Republic of Tatarstan. In 1997, she joined the State Committee of the Republic
of Tatarstan for Managing State Property as an expert of the first class. In
1988, she was transferred to the Ministry for Economy and Industry of the
Republic of Tatarstan, where she has worked as Leading and Chief Expert and,
since March 2003, as Head of Oil Production Section.

Guselya Mukharyamovna SAFINA was born in 1955. She graduated from Kazan
Institute for Finance and Economics with a specialization in economics in 1977.
She started work at the Radiopribor plant in Almetyevsk as accountant, economist
and senior economist. Between 1980 and 1986, she worked as engineer with the
Planning and Production Division of the All-Union Research Institute Nasosmash
of the USSR Ministry for Chemical Engineering. Thereafter, she worked as Chief
Accountant at Kazan Factory for Artistic Products. Since 1989, she was economist
and senior accountant at the Republican Information and Computer Center. Between
1991 and 1995, she was Chief Accountant of the Foreign Trade Research and
Production Association Kazan. Since 1995, she has been Deputy General Director
of OAO TAIF for Economics and Finance.

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                                    Proposals
                     Regarding Amending OAO Tatneft Charter


Section 4.2(b). The last two sentences shall be revised to read as follows: "In
accordance with the effective legislation, the Republic of Tatarstan may use a
special right ("the golden share") in respect of the Company. The legal status
of the special right ("the golden share") shall be determined by the laws of the
Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan."

Section 5.10. Delete the following sentence: "The Company shall have the right,
once a year, to adopt a decision to pay (or declare the payment of) dividends on
placed shares."

Section 7.3. Clause 10 shall be revised to read as follows: "approval of annual
reports and annual financial statements, including reports on the profits and on
the losses (profit and loss accounts) of the company, as well as the
distribution of income (including payment (declaration) of dividends, with the
exception of income distributed in the form of dividends based on the results of
the first quarter, six months or nine months of the fiscal year) and losses of
the company based on the results of the fiscal year;"

Section 7.3 shall be supplemented by Clause 10.1: "payment (declaration) of
dividends based on the results of the first quarter, six months or nine months
of the fiscal year;"



                                                       /s/ V.D. Yershov
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name: V.D. Yershov
                                               Title: Head of Legal Department

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      Open Joint Stock Company Tatneft, 75, Lenin str., 423450 Almetyevsk,
                             Republic of Tatarstan

                                   BALLOT # 1

   for voting at the annual general shareholders' meeting held in the form of
      joint presence of shareholders with a preliminary sending of ballots

Date and time of the shareholders' meeting: June 27, 2003, meeting to commence
at 11:00 a.m. Venue of the meeting: "Neftche" Palace of Culture, Almetyevsk.

Filled in ballots shall be sent to the following postal address: 10 Gagarin
Street, Almetyevsk, 423450, Republic of Tatarstan, OAO Tatneft Property
Management Department.

         Shareholder (representative)

Registration Code:                         Number of Voting Shares:

                               Items Put to Vote:

Item 1.  Approval of the annual report of the Company and annual accounting
         statements, including profit and loss statements (profit and loss
         accounts) of the Company for 2002.

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                    Wording of decision                                         Voting options
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<S>                                                               <C>              <C>                <C>
To approve the annual report of the Company and annual
accounting statements, including profit and loss statements       FOR              AGAINST            ABSTAIN
(profit and loss accounts) of the Company for 2002
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Item 2.  Approval of profit distribution based on the results of the financial
year.

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                    Wording of decision                                         Voting options
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To approve the distribution of profit based on the results
of the financial year                                             FOR              AGAINST            ABSTAIN
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Item 3.  Payment of annual dividends based on the results of 2002. Approval
         of the amount of dividends and of the form and date of payment of
         dividends.

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                   Wording of decisions                                         Voting options
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To pay dividends for the year 2002 in the amount of:
a) 100% of the nominal value per OAO Tatneft preferred share;
b) 10% of the nominal value per OAO Tatneft ordinary share.       FOR             AGAINST             ABSTAIN
To determine that dividends shall be paid from July 1 to
December 31, 2003. Dividends shall be paid in cash.
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</TABLE>

        Please leave uncrossed only one voting option for which you vote.
                    Two other options shall be crossed out!

                                        Shareholder's signature ________________
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      Open Joint Stock Company Tatneft, 75, Lenin str., 423450 Almetyevsk,
                             Republic of Tatarstan

                                   BALLOT # 2

   for voting at the annual general shareholders' meeting held in the form of
      joint presence of shareholders with a preliminary sending of ballots

Date and time of the shareholders' meeting: June 27, 2003, meeting to commence
at 11:00 a.m. Venue of the meeting: "Neftche" Palace of Culture, Almetyevsk.

Filled in ballots shall be sent to the following postal address: 10 Gagarin
Street, Almetyevsk, 423450, Republic of Tatarstan, OAO Tatneft Property
Management Department.

         Shareholder (representative)

Registration Code:

<TABLE>
Number of voting shares owned by:                    Number of votes cast during the election of
the shareholder:                                              members of the Board of Directors:

                          Item Put to Cumulative Vote:

Item 4. Election of members of the OAO Tatneft Board of Directors.

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Wording of decision:                    To elect to the OAO Tatneft Board of Directors:
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                                                                         Voting options:
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No. of                                                                      AGAINST          ABSTAIN
 item   Full name of candidate Voting options:              FOR          all candidates   in respect of
                                                                                          all candidates
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<S>      <C>                                             <C>             <C>              <C>
1.       Rishat Fazlutdinovich Abubakirov
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2.       Valeriy Pavlovich Vasiliev
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3.       Radik Raufovich Gaizatullin
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4.       Rinat Gimadelislamovich Galeev
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5.       Nail Gabdulbarievich Ibragimov
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6.       Vladimir Pavlovich Lavushchenko
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7.       Nail Ulfatovich Maganov
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8.       Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov
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9.       Renat Khaliullovich Muslimov
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10.      Ardinat Galievich Nugaibekov
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11.      Victor Vasilievich Smykov
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12.      Aleksey Arkadievich Sokolov
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13.      Shafagat Fahrazovich Takhautdinov
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14.      Rais Salikhovich Khisamov
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15.      Albert Kashafovich Shigabutdinov
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On this item you can vote using only one of the three options: "FOR", "AGAINST
all candidates" or "ABSTAIN in respect of all candidates":
-   if you vote "FOR", you are entitled to give all your votes to one candidate
    or distribute them between two or more candidates. In this case, you must
    cross out columns: "AGAINST all candidates" and "ABSTAIN in respect of all
    candidates";
-   if you vote "AGAINST all candidates", you must cross out columns: "FOR" and
    "ABSTAIN in respect of all candidates";
-   if you vote "ABSTAIN in respect of all candidates", you must cross out
    columns "FOR" and "AGAINST all candidates."

                    Cross out voting options you do not need!

                                        Shareholder's signature ________________
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      Open Joint Stock Company Tatneft, 75, Lenin str., 423450 Almetyevsk,
                             Republic of Tatarstan

                                   BALLOT # 3

   for voting at the annual general shareholders' meeting held in the form of
      joint presence of shareholders with a preliminary sending of ballots

Date and time of the shareholders' meeting: June 27, 2003, meeting to commence
at 11:00 a.m. Venue of the meeting: "Neftche" Palace of Culture, Almetyevsk.

Filled in ballots shall be sent to the following postal address: 10 Gagarin
Street, Almetyevsk, 423450, Republic of Tatarstan, OAO Tatneft Property
Management Department.

         Shareholder (representative)

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Registration Code:                                            Number of Voting Shares:

                               Items Put to Vote:

Item 5. Election of members of the audit commission of OAO Tatneft.
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Wording of decision:                    To elect to the audit commission of the Company
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No. of        Full name of candidate                             Voting options
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<S>       <C>                                            <C>        <C>          <C>
1.        Boris Nikolaevich Artamonov                    FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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2.        Marat Mikhailovich Afanasiev                   FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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3.        Tamara Mikhailovna Vilkova                     FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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4.        Roza Zagitovna Iskhakova                       FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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5.        Venera Gibadullovna Kuzmina                    FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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6.        Nikolai Kuzmich Lapin                          FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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7.        Peter Nikolaevich Paramonov                    FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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8.        Liliya Rafaelovna Rakhimzyanova                FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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9.        Guselya Mukharyamovna Safina                   FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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Item 6. Approval of the external auditor of the joint stock company.
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                    Wording of decision                          Voting options
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To approve ZAO Ernst & Young Vneshaudit as OAO
Tatneft's external auditor for the term of one year.     FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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Item 7. Making of changes and additions to the OAO Tatneft Charter.
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                    Wording of decision                          Voting options
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To make changes and additions to the OAO
Tatneft Charter                                          FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN
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        Please leave uncrossed only one voting option for which you vote.
                    Two other options shall be crossed out!

                                        Shareholder's signature ________________
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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                         OAO TATNEFT

                                         By: /s/ Valery P. Lavushchenko
                                             --------------------------------
                                            Name: Valery P. Lavushchenko
                                            Title: Deputy General Director
                                                   for Economics
Date: May 13, 2003