Vodka, Matryoshka and Caviar is far from the whole story about Russian Shopping! Long traditions and talented craftsman made Russian shopping quite an event during your visit to Russia! Even those, who are not keen on spending entire time on shop hunting, find fascinating things in the local stores. Lomonosov Porcelain factory of St.Petersburg is very well known all over the world! The quality of porcelain is the same like Berlin factory and prices are just striking low! Especially, Cobalt Net Porcelain Set! Designed for the luxurious dinners at the Winter Palace! Russian lacquer miniatures have turned into the symbol of artistic creation. You can find them in St.Petersburg and they will match any taste. But to be able to appreciate the art, you would probably need to know a little bit about the history of four villages where the most of lacquer miniatures are created. The miniature lacquer paintings have been manufactured in four villages namely Fedoskino, Palekh, Kholui and Mstera since 1795. Several generations of artists have created unique technique of making paper-mache shape coated with black vanish. Mother-of-pearl plaque metal foil and preparations powered with metal dust are used to highlight the background. The complicated ornament and elaborate shape wonderfully emphasize the pure beauty of the painting. The most splendid of Russian traditional art forms has been improved by contemporary talents in recent times and constitutes a major source of delight and admiration for Russian and foreign collectors. Russian fur deserves to be admired too! If you have any other special wishes to buy something interesting for you in Russia, feel free to contact me. Enjoy your trip the most!
I am Anna Zhukova from Saint-Petersburg in Russia; I am a free-lance tour-guide with licenses for all museums in St.Petersburg and its suburbs I have worked as a tour-guide since 1994 for the best travel companies of the world! I love this city, full of charm and magic!
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