Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits Samples of Russian applied art, and a significant part of it Traditional Russian Headdresses. Things out “Assembly of Russian…
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Moscow museum of Vodka History
Moscow museum of Vodka History. Vodka in Russia has gained special, reverent attitude. Vodka for the Russians is a matter of pride and a truly national drink. For a long…
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Lacquer box paintings by Sergey Knyazev
Lacquer box paintings by Sergey Knyazev. An exquisite portrait of a young girl in traditional Russian attire. Her rich dress and expensive jewels say that she is the daughter of…
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Russian folk art Zlatoust steel engraving
Zlatoust steel engraving – Russian folk art craft that originated at the beginning of the XIX century, in Zlatoust (Chelyabinsk region now). They absorbed rich traditions of Russian and Western…
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Russian treasure Palekh lacquer miniature
Palekh lacquer miniature – kind of folk Russian miniature painting in tempera on lacquer papier-mache (boxes, jewelry boxes, cigarette cases). Appeared in 1923 in the village of Palekh of the…
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Vygovsky Old Believers art
The Old Believers of Vygovsky desert is a part of unknown history of ancient Russia, where the special place should be given to the Vygovsky Old Believers art. Briefly events…
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