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What are the special handicrafts of Russia

Russian handicrafts include embroidery, tapestries and carpets with various designs, as well as wood carvings, birch bark paintings, pottery, small fine and hand-plated utensils. Russian handicrafts are represented by Russian nesting dolls.

One, the Russian nesting doll

Russian nesting dolls is a wooden toy, is a specialty of Russia, painted by several different patterns of hollow wooden dolls composed of these wooden dolls of different sizes, can be a set of a set, so it is called nesting dolls. There are many designs on the dolls, the most common is the Russian girl in national costume, called "Matryoshka".

Two, Bogorotsko carvings

Bogorotsko carvings (Bogorotsko is a village in the Moscow region): it is an old Russian handicraft. It has toys carved out of wood, figures of people, animals, birds and fairy tale characters. Bogorotsko craftsmen also make movable toys "Lumberjack and Blacksmith".

Three: Gergely Porcelain

Gergely Porcelain (Gergely is a village in the Moscow Region): ceramic tableware and toys. Gergely china is usually blue patterned on a white ground, with different shades of blue.

Four, Rostovo Decorative Paintings

Rostovo Decorative Paintings (Rostovo is a village on the outskirts of Moscow): decorative paintings on iron trays, which are then painted with varnish. The traditional subject is brightly colored flowers and fruits on a black background.

V. Vologda Woven Goods

Vologda Woven Goods (Vologda is an old city in Russia): includes lace, coverlets and napkins. It is a craft that shows a pattern of flowers in continuous curves against a background of a fine translucent floral grid.

VI. Demkovo Toys

Demkovo Toys (named after a place near the city of Vyatka): various shapes (animals, knights on horseback, ladies in flowery dresses, fairy tale and daily life characters) fired in clay and painted in bright oils

VII. Tol Rok Gold Embroidery

Tol Rok gold embroideries (Tol Rok is a city in the Tver region). Rourke is an old city in Tver): it is embroidery on shoes, boots and clothes, usually with gold and silver threads on velvet or tweed fabrics.

VIII. Khokhloma Decorative Painting

Khokhloma Decorative Painting (Khokhloma is a village in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast): it is the use of red, black, and gold paints to draw designs on woodwork. For example, various plant motifs are painted on wooden spoons, wooden cutlery and furniture.

9. Rostov enamel

Rostov enamel (Rostov is an ancient city in the Golden Ring urban agglomeration of Russia): it is small copper objects painted with transparent pigments, including small icons, portraits, ornaments and other souvenirs.

X. Khormogorsk Bone Carvings

Khormogorsk Bone Carvings (Khormogorsk is a village in the Arkhangelsk Oblast): consists of small boxes, vases, combs, and other items carved out of translucent flowers in walrus or mammoth ivory.

XI. Pavlovo Town Hijab

Pavlovo Town Hijab (Pavlovo is a city in the Moscow Region): are painted ladies' hijabs, usually with large, brightly colored flowers on a single-colored base.