Samara exclusive souvenir "Cushion Black khohloma"

Popular in the world Russian Khokloma painting was born in the XVIIth century at the left side of the Volga river. The village of Khokhloma was a big distribution center, where all the best painted items were gathered.

From the one version this fake-gold-look way of painting was created by Old believers. By the other one this type of painting was born thanks to iconographers.