FORM 6-KUNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

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

November 19 , 2004Commission File Number 001-14804

OAO TATNEFT(also known as TATNEFT)

(name of Registrant)75 Lenin StreetAlmetyevsk, Tatarstan 423450Russian 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 .        . . . . . . . .

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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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

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November 19, 2004

On November 16, OAO Tatneft issued the
following press release:

PRESS RELEASE

On
November 16, OAO Tatneft published information on the resolutions adopted by its
Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting.

On
November 6, 2004, OAO Tatneft held an extraordinary general shareholders meeting in
the form of an absentee vote.

Quorum
of the general meeting: The number of votes held by persons included in the list of
persons entitled to vote at the extraordinary general shareholders meeting on the
item of the agenda: 2,178,690,700.

The
number of votes held by persons who took part in the voting at the extraordinary general
shareholders meeting on the item on the agenda: 1,872,572,303.

The
meeting had a quorum.

Issues
put to a vote and voting results:

Item
No. 1 on the agenda: Payment of dividends based on the results of nine months of
2004. Approval of the amount of dividends, the form and date of payment.

| | FOR: | 1,867,320,176 | 
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| | AGAINST": | 59,110 | 
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| | ABSTAINED: | 60,300 | 
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Resolutions
adopted by the general meeting:

To
pay the dividends based on the results of nine months of 2004:

| | a) | on OAO Tatneft preferred shares in the amount of 100% of the nominal value of
               each share; and
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| | b) | on OAO Tatneft ordinary shares in the amount of 67% of the nominal value of each
               share.
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The
dividends will be paid during the period from November 15, 2004 to March 1, 2005. The
dividends shall be paid in cash.

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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/ Victor I. Gorodny
      Name: Victor I. Gorodny 
    Title:Deputy General Director, Head of the  
            Property Department
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Date: November 19, 2004