Carving on wooden houses

 Earlier in Russia all the houses were decorated with ornamental carvings. Life of wooden houses is not of long duration, most of ones remained only in distant towns.
 Now, some houses have been restored and protected of the State





photo by volos_t



Gzhel in modern daily life

 Gzhel - is not only dishes and souvenirs. Sometimes gzhel can be anywhere - on nails and on a car, on a clothing and a computer, etc.





Painted wooden dolls


 Price: £14.99!!

"These are extremely high quality Russian doll figurines, which have been lovingly created and hand painted by some of Russias most talented artists. Their beauty and mesmerising smiles always leave a lasting impression on those they meet." - ha ha !

Walking on the internet I found in an English shop these horrible wooden dolls allegedly in a Russian style. This painting is not in Russian style!
For example, this are painted wooden dolls from real Russian masters

or from russian painter Tatiana Lyubomirovna

her really high quality Russian doll figurines are costed only  £8.