National crafts historically belong to the
most ancient art forms. Some types of art crafts arose
in church art and in noble landowner culture. Hand
patten knitting, weaving and an embroidery originate
in a country life. Those types of national crafts which
found demand at exclusive customers arose in the
cities:the Holmogory bone carving, the Veliky
Ustyug nielloed silver. Especially refined types of an
embroidery – a masterful white smooth surface or the
Nizhny Novgorod guipures developed in landowner
workshops.
Crafts were traditionally presented also in
monasteries: blacksmithing, joiner’s, carpenter’s – in
man’s, also iconography and jewelry, in female they
were engaged in an art embroidery, created the
embroidered icons, veils, aer (cover) and so forth.
Role of national crafts in cultural potential
of tourism is extremely great. The centers of folk art
are not only objects of informative tourism, but also a
basis of souvenir industry.