ZHOSTOVOZhostovo settlement, which is located in Mytishchi District Of Moscow Region, is the center of a prominent Russian folk craft. Founded in 1825, it was based on manufacture of lacquer articles Made of papier-mache, and lacquer trays with subject or floral painting, Made of metal. Fascination of Zhostovo art is concluded in its contents, sincere and Spontaneous, and in its artistic language, immediate and expressive. Lucky choice of colour solutions, along with accurate means of expressiveness, are characteristic features of Zhostovo handicraft masters; they also successfully solve purely artistic problems of combination of separate details into a logic composition and skillfully join painting with trays forms. Landscapes and still-lifes are the most popular subjects of Zhostovo painting; fairy-tale

characters and Russian troika depicitions are Also often represented. But the main motive of Zhostovo art is always a bunch Of flowers. Real and fantastic flowers are united into bouquets or wreaths and garlands, and placed against black, colour, metallized or mother-of-pearl lacquer background. Zhostovo painting is always created as a brilliant improvisation, Therefore repetition and standardization are absolutely excluded. Handicraft masters are mostly hereditary artists from family dynasties; The enterprise supports successive training methods in folk crafts. According to the President's Decree dated the 6th of November 1993, Zhostovo Folk craft was included into the State index of the most valuable objects of culture of The Russian Federation.