khokhloma painting
1Khokhloma — ( Хохлома , Хохломская роспись in Russian, or Khokhlomskaya rospis ) is the name of a Russian wood painting handicraft. It first appeared in the second half of the 17th century in today s Koverninsky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The… …
2Gorodets painting — (Городецкая роспись in Russian) is one of the folk arts and crafts of Russia, and a phenomenon of the so called naive art. Gorodets painting sprang from carved Gorodets distaffs that were manufactured in villages nearby Gorodets town in the… …
3Semyonov (town) — Semyonov ( ru. Семёнов) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, famous for being a major centre for traditional handcrafts such as Khokhloma wood painting and matryoshka. Population: 25,298 (2002 Census).HistoryThe town was formed in the… …
4Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records — The Hall of Space Technology in the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia. The exhibition includes the models and replicas of the following Russian inventions: the first satellite, Sputnik 1 (a ball under the… …
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7Nizhnetoyemsky Selsoviet — Coordinates: 62°14′N 45°00′E / 62.233°N 45°E / 62.233; 45 Nizhnetoyemsky Selsoviet (Russian …
8Mstyora miniature — Example of a miniature Mstyora (or Mstera) miniature (Russian: Мстёрская миниатюра) is a Russian folk handicraft of miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles mostly made of papier mâché. Mstyora miniatures… …
9Matryoshka doll — Matryoshka set in a row …
10Dymkovo toys — Dymkovo toy. Dymkovo toys, also known as the Vyatka toys or Kirov toys (Дымковская игрушка, вятская игрушка, кировская игрушка in Russian) are moulded painted clay figures of people and animals (s …
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