Russian Folk Art.
        Russian folk art embodies both traditions and values held by the Russian people and the beauty and majesty of the Russian land. Russian artists are masters at crafting delightful and wonderful toys, boxes, dolls and lacquerware that provide a link directly to the past, in terms of design, technique and shared cultural experiences and beliefs. From familiar Matryoshka nesting dolls and playful Bogorodsk wood carvings, to colorful, exotic Khokhloma and stunning lacquer miniatures. We invite you click on an image below to see how the "living" folk art of Russia helps to preserve her deep-rooted historical identity. To start your journey, click on any of the images below.

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Matryoshka
Comprehensive selection
old and new!
Russian Lacquer
Boxes, Brooches, Miniatures
Palekh, Kholui
Fedoskino and Mstera!
Wood Carvings
From Bogorodsk!

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Folk Art
of Eastern Europe
Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland and more!
Khokhloma
Golden woodenware
from the Volga!
Clay Art from Kovrov.
Near the Klyazma River
in the Vladimir Oblast!
Folk Art Note Cards
Beautiful full-color cards!


Ramp Walkers
Santa, Winnie Pooh,
Moomintrolls!
Musicals
One left!
Unusual Toys
Hand made wooden toys!
Zagorsk Boxes
Carving from a bygone era!


Gorodets Painting.
From Nizhni Novgorod
on the Volga river!
Walrus Tusk Carving.
Hand carved from
Kholmogory or Tobolsk!
Painted Boxes
Delicate miniatures from
Rostov on the Don!
USSR Scale Model Cars
Not quite folkart!
But well-made.
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