Khokhloma is not a nationality, but an old Russian craft
Representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod region presented themselves to the House of Representatives with a proposal to establish a Day of Folk Art Crafts. From 13 to 15 December, the Regional Council holds the Days of this region. The Nizhny Novgorod Region ranks second in Russia in terms of the activity of folk craft enterprises. According to experts, every third painted plate, gold embroidery is made here. And all together these craftsmen produce goods for almost a billion rubles a year.
2022 – Year of Folk Art
The day of folk arts and crafts organizations for the development of such a business, and will also attract new ones to the region, the authorities of Nizhny Novgorod believe.
“Today such a holiday already exists in the region. They also celebrate it in other people, – said Sergei Gornyakov at a plenary session on December 15 of the Federation Council on Social Policy. “At the same time, there is no such holiday at the country level.”
The senators liked the idea of a new All-Russian holiday. The interim commission for the preservation and development of folk arts and crafts at the Chamber of Regions was instructed to work out the corresponding initiative.
“It would be a very meaningful holiday. “In this regard, I would like to instruct Galina Karelova, as the head of the profile commission, to work out this issue.”
The initiative is all the more relevant since the next year has been declared in Russia as the Year of Folk Art and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Nations, the speaker noted.
Where is Khokhloma
The most famous craft in the region is the Khokhloma painting. The Kostroma and Nizhny Novgorod regions are still arguing over where they first began to paint wooden dishes. But to its name, the craft is still the responsibility of the latter, where, namely in the village of Khokhloma, in the 17th century, painted crafts were brought for sale.
This fall, Khokhloma was at the center of a scandal, several media outlets reported. The post of the Russian writer, popularizer of cosmonautics Vitaly Egorov on the social network Facebook, in which he said the word “Khokhloma”, was blocked.
Egorov just wanted to tell that in honor of the 800th anniversary of one of the Roskosmos missiles they painted a Khokhloma. However, the moderators of the network of one of the states closest to Russia.
Khokhloma is not a nationality, an old Russian craft, like Gorodets painting, and Zhbannikov’s clay whistle, and Semyonov’s matryoshka, and so on, will remind the world of a new holiday.
“The Nizhny Novgorod region ranks second in Russia after Moscow in terms of operating enterprises of folk arts and crafts (NHP)”, – said Evgeny Lyulin at the plenary regional regional Legislative Assembly.
“About a third of artistic crafts have survived in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Crafts have become the image of Russia all over the world. I would like the products of our craftsmen to be in demand in the homeland as well ”, – noted earlier the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin on the official website of the region.
Tourist-friendly region
Day of folk arts and crafts will be not only the Nizhny Novgorod sources of such a business. Senators agree with this.
“Inna Svyatenko,” said Inna Svyatenko.
To attract tourists, the authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod region also asked the senators to support the project on the bank protection of the Oka River. The work is to be carried out on a 2.6 km section from Metro Bridge to Molitovsky Bridge in Nizhny Novgorod. The issue was discussed at an expanded agreement on agrarian and food policy and environmental management.
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And in the Committee for Economic Policy for the Development of the Transport System of the Nizhny Novgorod agglomeration. Senators recommend budgetary allocations for co-financing for the renewal of the region’s rolling stock, including those that run on gas motor fuel.
“According to these and other plans, they plan to increase the flow by a million people a year,” said the Governor of the region Gleb Nikitin at the plenary session.
Deferred debts
The Council of the Government of the Russian Federation to consider the proposal of the Nizhny Novgorod region to amend the rules for writing off a subject for budget loans.
According to the current rules, the restructuring of budget loans for a short period – until 2029. “As the Deputy Governor of the region Yegor Polyakov said at the Committee on Budget and Financial Markets.
In this regard, the Nizhny Novgorod authorities asked to consider the possibility of extending this period for another five years.
Homework
Valentina Matvienko translated the results of the Day at the plenary. Despite the region’s many achievements, the Nizhny Novgorod authorities still have work to do, she said.
The demographic situation is of particular concern, said the chairman of the Federation Council. “The birth rate is declining, and the death rate is growing. We must make every effort to reverse this trend, ”said Matvienko.
For this, according to the speaker, it is necessary, first of all, to resolve the issues of providing citizens with housing. “Now they fall short of the standard – one square meter per inhabitant of the region.”
It is also necessary to strengthen the health care system, special attention to increase the availability of primary health care. “The Federation Council supports the construction of a modern cancer center in the region,” said the speaker. Senators will include such recommendations in the final ruling.