Fedoskino.
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Fedoskino is a small Russian village situated just 30 km away from Moscow. It is a center of Russian Folk art founded 200 years ago by Russian merchant in his own village. It's a lacquer miniature painting on small boxes made of papier-mache. Idea of this art was taken in Germany in the 18th century. But it became a part of the rich popular spiritual culture of Russia. Enjoy your visit to the museum of Fedoskino factory where you can see real masterpieces of lacquer miniature painting and buy a copy of every items displayed in the museum. It's a real bargain. So it's a real "Fedoskino" but not falsification and so it's cheaper than in a market because of without trading tax.

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