The Proto-Slavs used clay stamps and seals to apply body art.

🔻Interestingly, among the ancient Slavs, tattoos were primarily worn by women.

🔻The skin drawings were a ritual amulet for the guardian of the hearth.

🔻With the spread of Christianity, the custom of tattooing was eradicated, as it was an integral part of pagan rituals.

🔻Among the inhabitants of Europe, tattooing was not practiced until the 18th century.

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Precious handmade and noble materials in the stained-glass products of the Hrizolit workshop can be seen in Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast.

🔻Besides their primary focus on icon making, they create pieces using the technique of stained glass enamel, carrying on the work of pre-revolutionary masters. 

🔻Russian art, particularly the atmosphere of fairytale and epic Russia, serves as inspiration for the creation of their tableware.

🔻The process of creating of an item is the precious work of several Craftsmen over several weeks.

🔻The artist draws a sketch, the jeweler makes a filigree ornament, the enameler puts the enamels in the cells, the product is repeatedly fired in muffle furnaces at temperatures up to 800°C, it is polished, gilded, and then it is ready to fly to a new home.

Official site: chrysolit. ru

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A ride with a view: The Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin Funicular

🔻This funicular railway connects the upper and lower towns of Nizhny Novgorod, offering breathtaking views of the Volga River, the historic Kremlin, and the surrounding cityscape.

🔻Built in 1896 by the “Finnish Light Steamship Company” of the Petersburg entrepreneur R. K. von Hartmann, the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin Funicular was originally built in preparation for the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition of that year.  The original funicular operated until the 1920s.

🔻In September of this year, the beloved landmark was recreated, offering a chance to experience this historical mode of transportation once again.

🔻Price: 200 rubles for a single ride
🔻Duration:  Approximately 3 minutes one-way

📍Geoposition: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Photos: dukhnik_nikita

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