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Master craftsmen of our region. Composition on the topic craftsmen of my land

We are proud of our great Motherland, its culture, its forests and fields, its songs, its industrious and talented people. But each of us has our own Little Motherland. The small homeland - the place where you were born - is the house where you, bursting with laughter, take your first steps, where you first said the word mother, but also human relationships, way of life and traditions. This is the place where our parents live, where we grow up, study, play with friends. Nothing on earth can be closer, sweeter than the place where you spent your childhood. Each person has his own homeland. For some it is Big city, others have a small village, but all people love it. And wherever we go, we are always drawn to our homeland, to the places where we grew up. The homeland does not have to be big. It can be some corner of our city, village. Here is our history and every person should know the history of their land, its people. This is part of our happiness. my small homeland is Belgorod. I am happy that I live on Belgorod land. Belgorod region is the most attractive and interesting corner of our country, which has a long history. Many poems and stories have been written about the Belgorod region. The motherland is like a huge tree on which there are no leaves to count. But every tree has roots that feed it. Roots are what we lived yesterday, 100, 1000 years ago. This is our history, our culture. I love the Belgorod region for its vast fields, majestic mountains, forests and simply because I was born here. The history of the Belgorod region is diverse and original. The people who lived on this land had to go through many troubles and hardships - fires, raids, invasions, but, nevertheless, Belgorod region was famous and continues to be famous for its brave and hardworking inhabitants, traditions and customs. A special place in the history of our region is occupied by various crafts. The craftsmen were known not only in their city or province, but also beyond them. At first, the craft of the inhabitants of the Belgorod region was of a domestic nature - each sewed clothes and shoes, clay dishes, and made tools for himself. But during the period early medieval launched the product to the market. Belgorod land was famous for its icon painters. The names of the masters, with a few exceptions, are unknown to us. But we can look at rare masterpieces found in various parts of our region and seem to be transported to another time, feel how the feelings that the author put into his work penetrate into you. Belgorod region has been famous for its potters since ancient times. The center of pottery production was the Borisovsky district, where talented craftsmen still live, and there is quite large plant for the production of clay and ceramic products. It would seem that this craft is quite simple, but this is only the first impression. Having become acquainted with pottery closer, I realized that it is very thin and painstaking work, which consists of many stages and requires attention and patience. In the skillful hands of the master, a shapeless piece of clay becomes a real work of art. The craftsman's products became famous throughout the province and were sold at fairs with great success. Blacksmithing was also developed in the Belgorod region. The blacksmith in epics, fairy tales and legends is the personification of goodness, strength and courage. Rich ore deposits allowed this skill to develop rapidly. Belgorod blacksmiths supplied farmers with scythes and sickles, warriors with weapons, created such things as keys, knives, needles, fishhooks, locks and much more, which were necessary for the economy. Various ornaments and amulets were also made. In addition to the above crafts, weaving, wickerwork and an infinite number of other various techniques and skills were developed in the Belgorod region. And the very fact that these crafts and masters are still not forgotten is a valuable cultural achievement. This means that Belgorod residents do not forget the traditions of their ancestors, respect and revive them. means that interest in the culture of their people does not disappear, but rather increases. Every year exhibitions and sales of handicrafts are organized, which are popular with the population. All this is another big step towards conservation. cultural heritage.I believe that it is necessary to create corners of folk culture in schools, because those who are still at school now will have the task of preserving and creating the traditions of our homeland, our culture. Moreover, it is worth holding meetings with information carriers about folk culture- residents of villages, villages. After all, nothing can be better known than first-hand.

Project

"Craftsmen

native land."

The work was done by an elementary teacher

classes MKOU Urenokarlinskaya secondary school

named after Hero Soviet Union I.T. Pimenova

Strueva Elena Ivanovna

“People are not born with skill,

but they are proud of their mastery.”

(folk saying)

Each person has a homeland, and everyone loves the place where he was born and lives. He loves his native open spaces, fields, forests. And this love is inextricably linked with the culture of their people, their creativity. Folk art Our village has its roots in the distant past.

Relevance of the chosen topic

Life is moving forward. And today will also become a part of history. Every year there are less and less craftsmen. If we get to know folk craftsmen better, we will learn more about our small homeland, about the secrets of people's craftsmanship. And, perhaps, the thin thread of the present and the future will not be interrupted.

That's why target my work is an acquaintance with the craftsmen of the village of Ureno-Karlinskoye.

Research objectives:

Collect material about the craftsmen of the village;

Find out what types folk art masters own;

Systematize and summarize the material about the masters;

Strive to preserve the cultural heritage of my small homeland

Lebedushkin Fedor Ivanovich

Born in the village of Spassko-Kuroyedovo on January 19, 1908, died on January 14, 1985. Occupation: felling felt boots. The craft was handed down by his father Ivan. He made these products at home, laid the canvas in the hut on the floor, and then continued the work of felling felt boots in the baths. I went to the roll in the Orenburg region. These products were sold in the village, at the market in Karsun. He taught his sons Ivan Fedorovich and Mikhail Fedorovich.

Lebedushkin Ivan Fedorovich was born in the village of Spassko-Kuroedovo on February 1, 1939, died on November 8, 2010. Ivan Fedorovich was engaged in felling felt boots only in his village. He made felt boots for his family and neighbors. Wool received from his yard, because they kept quite a lot of sheep. He handed over this craft to his son Fedor Ivanovich.

ROLL OF WOOLEN CLOTH

Another primordially Russian craft was in the village - a roll of woolen cloth. It was made from wool. Sheep were specially kept for this purpose. In the evenings, girls and women made rugs out of wool. They were laid on benches or on the stove and slept on them. These rugs have replaced our mattresses. People from all over the region came to the craftsmen in order to buy household items made by them. Eremina A.I., Marulina F.I. were such masters. A real work of art was the sewing of patchwork quilts. Scraps were taken in all colors. Strueva Ustinya Ivanovna, Meshanina Anna Ivanovna, Ovechkina Onisya Dmitrievna were engaged in quilting of patchwork quilts. There are to this day masters in the village. Shubina Natalya Petrovna - master knocking out the most beautiful window curtains, embroidering colored patterns on pillowcases and tablecloths on a sewing machine. Born in 1929 in the village of Malaya Kopyshovka. She began to manually embroider curtains, handkerchiefs with colored threads. She crocheted tablecloths, curtains, shawls from camel hair. She got married, manually broke curtains, even for sale. Then I bought a typewriter and began to break curtains, valances for people to sell.
Shubina Natalya Petrovna

BASKET WEAVING

Kotov Vasily Ivanovich engaged in basket weaving. As a boy, from the age of 8, he learned to weave baskets (zobni) from adults and ran to sell them at the market. Passion has grown into a hobby. The rods were harvested in the fall, when the leaf flew around, weaving baskets in the winter, in his spare time from the garden. And every spring Vasily Ivanovich sold his baskets.

We are proud of our great Motherland, its culture, its forests and fields, its songs, its hardworking and talented people. But each of us has our own Little Motherland. The small homeland - the place where you were born - is the house where you, bursting with laughter, take your first steps, where you first said the word mother, but also human relationships, way of life and traditions. This is the place where our parents live, where we grow up, study, play with friends. Nothing on earth can be closer, sweeter than the place where you spent your childhood. Each person has his own homeland. For some it is a big city, for others it is a small village, but all people love it. And wherever we go, we are always drawn to our homeland, to the places where we grew up. The homeland does not have to be big. It can be some corner of our city, village. Here is our history and every person should know the history of their land, its people. This is part of our happiness. My small homeland is Belgorod. I am happy that I live on Belgorod land. Belgorod region is the most attractive and interesting corner of our country, which has a long history. Many poems and stories have been written about the Belgorod region. The motherland is like a huge tree on which there are no leaves to count. But every tree has roots that feed it. Roots are what we lived yesterday, 100, 1000 years ago. This is our history, our culture. I love the Belgorod region for its vast fields, majestic mountains, forests and simply because I was born here. The history of the Belgorod region is diverse and original. The people who lived on this land had to go through many troubles and hardships - fires, raids, invasions, but, nevertheless, Belgorod region was famous and continues to be famous for its brave and hardworking inhabitants, traditions and customs. A special place in the history of our region is occupied by various crafts. The craftsmen were known not only in their city or province, but also beyond them. At first, the craft of the inhabitants of the Belgorod region had a domestic character - everyone sewed clothes and shoes for himself, dishes from clay, made tools. But in the period of the early Middle Ages, the release of products to the market began. Belgorod land was famous for its icon painters. The names of the masters, with a few exceptions, are unknown to us. But we can look at rare masterpieces found in various parts of our region and seem to be transported to another time, feel how the feelings that the author put into his work penetrate into you. Belgorod region has been famous for its potters since ancient times. The center of pottery production was the Borisov region, where talented craftsmen still live, and there is a rather large plant for the production of clay and ceramic products. It would seem that this craft is quite simple, but this is only the first impression. Having got to know pottery closer, I realized that this is a very delicate and painstaking work, which consists of many stages and requires attention and patience. In the skillful hands of the master, a shapeless piece of clay becomes a real work of art. The craftsman's products became famous throughout the province and were sold at fairs with great success. Blacksmithing was also developed in the Belgorod region. The blacksmith in epics, fairy tales and legends is the personification of goodness, strength and courage. Rich ore deposits allowed this skill to develop rapidly. Belgorod blacksmiths supplied farmers with scythes and sickles, warriors with weapons, created such things as keys, knives, needles, fishhooks, locks and much more, which were necessary for the economy. Various ornaments and amulets were also made. In addition to the above crafts, weaving, wickerwork and an infinite number of other various techniques and skills were developed in the Belgorod region. And the very fact that these crafts and masters are still not forgotten is a valuable cultural achievement. This means that Belgorod residents do not forget the traditions of their ancestors, respect and revive them. means that interest in the culture of their people does not disappear, but rather increases. Every year exhibitions and sales of handicrafts are organized, which are popular with the population. All this is another big step towards the preservation of cultural heritage. I believe that it is necessary to create corners of folk culture in schools, because those who are still in school now will have the task of preserving and creating the traditions of our homeland, our culture. Moreover, it is worth holding meetings with carriers of information about folk culture - residents of villages and villages. After all, nothing can be better known than first-hand.

We consider it appropriate to begin our first story about weaving with a word about folk craftsmen and craftsmen who, from generation to generation, passed on the traditions of native Russian arts and crafts to their students and followers. This they contributed to every simple household craft or item. peasant life elements of highly artistic creativity and fiction. It is they - our teachers and mentors - who have preserved and conveyed to our time the age-old techniques and methods of weaving from willow twig: "row by row", "in a thread", "in an overlay", "in a cross", "star". They also explained to us the advantages of the number of even risers of the base of the bottoms and covers over the odd one, "strings" in four rods over "strings" in three rods, the attachment of new rods "butts from the right hand to the left", weaving the sides of the basket "border", weaving " ropes in five rods "with and without laying, etc. That is why we begin our story with an appeal:

Remember the teachers of ancient folk art!

Shopping bag "Rook". The work of L. A. Belikova

Information about folk craftsmen and the organizers of basket weaving in Russia is scarce. Nevertheless, it is possible to name here the names of those who, by creating nurseries and plantations for growing basket willows, contributed to the widespread dissemination and development of artistic weaving. For example, in the city of Novosil, Tula province, the owner of the nursery I. I. Shatilov not only bred willows and sold hundreds of pounds of peeled (white) rod to basket weavers, but also conducted a wide trade in cuttings of white and red willow for a ruble per 100 pieces. for its breeding in peasant farms. Similar activities were carried out by Krapivenskoe, Likhvinskoe, Romanovskoye, Okhtinskoe and other forestries, nurseries of willows existed in Saratov, at the Skuratov station, in the Oboyan district Kursk province and in other places. Fedor Nikolaevich Makhaev, an instructor in basket weaving at the Main Directorate for Land Management and Agriculture, as well as the Commission for the Study of the Handicraft Industry of Pre-Revolutionary Russia, was a real propagandist for the basket trade and cultivation of willow on a rod.

Perhaps it was not worth writing about this in such detail, but we would like to emphasize the idea that our people have always perceived and perceive the past as a rich repository of experience, as material for reflection, for a critical analysis of their own decisions and actions. He always drew and draws inspiration from the past for the deeds of the present and the future.

Many authors, touching on this side of the matter, in their works on weaving give examples of how this national economic craft developed in Russia. So, the weavers of Kostroma and Kineshma, the village of Bogorodsky, Nizhny Novgorod province, were especially famous for the quality factor and the variety of their wickerwork. At the end of the 80s of the last century, one of the first weaving schools in Russia was opened at the spinning mills of the Voznesenskaya Manufactory (now the city of Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Region). Similar schools arose in Kyiv and Poltava, in Cherkassy and near Kursk. In 1891, at the expense of a well-known philanthropist S. G. Morozova at st. Golitsyno Moscow Railway d. Zemstvo educational workshop on basket weaving was created under the guidance A. I. Berezovsky. Here, weaving was taught according to Russian patterns supplied by the Moscow Handicraft Museum, as well as from albums and books published at that time abroad. The school of basket weaving in the village of Melekhovka, Tula province, was widely known, the founder of which was I. I. Tsigner.

Some authors call one of the most major centers Russian basket weaving in the 19th century. the village of Bolshie Vyazemy, Zvenigorod district, Moscow province, but this is not entirely accurate. The real kingdom of willow wickerwork belonged to a number of villages in the Perkhushkovskaya volost. The Zvenigorod Historical and Architectural Museum behind the high walls of the former Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery carefully preserves a magnificent collection of wickerwork, many of which are over 150 years old. The most interesting information about people who were engaged in weaving baskets, armchairs, baby rattles, strollers, cradles, screens from wicker rods is given by the statistical department of the Moscow provincial zemstvo council for 1882 in the book "Crafts of the Moscow province" (M., issue III, section II , pp. 35-39). It contains the surnames, names and patronymics of more than 120 masters. And although their list is quite long, let's name a few at random: Vasily Kuzmich Morozov - soldier-armchairs and baskets, Markel Filippov Trenin - strollers, Vasily Ivanovich Belyukin - screens, Fedor Nikolaevich Vavarin, Ivan and Stepan Kirillovichi Kurkovs and many others.

The investigators note that local peasants were engaged in weaving baskets in the Perkhushkovskaya volost near Zvenigorod from time immemorial and that this craft was in the form of family production here, and only heads of families were listed by surname. In a number of cases, women were noted for the elders. For example, Ekaterina Nikitina, a widow, Ustinya Kozminichna Kuznetsova, Daria Efimovna Kapitonova, and others. Naturally, other members of the family also participated in weaving, and among them, according to the officials' report, "we came across girls of 6-7 years old who took part in weaving."

The largest number of people engaged in weaving, it turns out, was in the village of Malye Vyazemy - 70 people who produced various wicker products in the amount of 23,615 rubles a year, and in the village of Bolshie Vyazemy - only 29 people who had an annual output of 8,115 rubles. , or almost 3 times less. In the village of Sharapovka, nine men produced furniture, baskets and carts for 5,850 rubles a year; in the village of Kobyakovo, seven men from the production of chairs and braiding bottles had an annual income of 2,850 rubles; in the village of Butyn, 4 people - 890 rubles. By the way, the information indicates that, on average, basket weavers had 230 working days per year, and the duration of the working day was 11-12 hours. It is also characteristic that out of 80 different crafts registered in the Moscow province, 60 crafts were engaged in the peasants of the Zvenigorod district.

Nowadays, we are used to calling the Zvenigorod region nothing less than "Russian Switzerland" for the real splendor and beauty of the local nature. But in fact, it turns out that beauty is not passive: the beauty of nature gives birth to the beauty of the fruits of human labor and talent.

And let the readers forgive us this lyrical digression from our main theme, it is organically intertwined with the subject of our hobbies, especially considering that, according to the same data of the zemstvo council in 1882, the villages of the Perkhushkovskaya volost listed above produced wickerwork worth 42,320 rubles, while in Kolomenskoye and Ruza districts combined, the production of wickerwork was no more than 5,500 rubles.

Of particular interest to us are data on the expenses and incomes of the weavers of specific products. Thus, the cost of purchased materials and sticks for the manufacture of ten wicker chairs by two people per week was 4 r. 33 k., and the proceeds from their sale (80 k. per chair) - 8 rubles.

The cost of weaving 20 flower baskets was 4 r. 36 k., and the income from the sale (40 k. for 1 piece) - 8 p. Costs for 18 fruit baskets - 2 p. 40 k., and the income (25 k. for 1 piece) was 4 rubles. 50 k. Braiding 100 bottles brought a weekly income of 10 rubles. at the expense of material and delivery of products to the customer 3 p. 35 k.

The work on the artistic braiding of bottles for the Moscow perfume factory Ralle was highly valued. The cost of the material was 75 kopecks, and the master received 7 rubles per week. 25 k.

When and how did the basket trade originate here?

We also found information on this subject in the materials of the study of the Zemstvo. In 1830, the owner of his Zvenigorod patrimony returned from abroad - Prince D. V. Golitsyn and brought with him a few baskets artistic work from a peeled rod to force their peasants to weave the same. The first to try his hand was a certain Pigeon - the most famous master of weaving straw hats in the district at that time. After a few bad experiences he presented the prince with a basket made no worse than foreign samples, for which he received permission to teach this art to everyone.

The peasants of the Golitsyn estate learned how to weave chairs from a local peasant who worked for some time in a furniture workshop in Moscow and returned home due to poor health. And the braiding of bottles and bottles went from Dmitry Evdokimovich Maltsev during the Crimean War of 1853-1856. So it is no coincidence that in the land of native craftsmen, in 1899, an artel of basket weavers - the Vyazemsky storage and consumer society - arose.

But I must say that from this artel and the Golitsyn workshop to the workshop of consumer goods and industrial purposes of the Ivanteevsky forest selection experimental demonstrative nursery is a huge distance. This workshop has been headed by Viktor Petrovich Zheleznoye, a magnificent master of artistic willow weaving, for many years.

Anyone who has been here can not fail to notice that the workshop is essentially a model of a modern industrial enterprise. It is no coincidence that it was awarded the title of "Workshop of high culture of production and organization of labor." The volume of sold products of the shop for the year is 440 thousand rubles.

It's interesting that V. P. Zheleznova and his wife, Lyubov Grigorievna, were invited here from Kobyakovo more than 20 years ago to teach the basket craft to the workers of the Ivanteevsky nursery in order to consolidate personnel here in winter time given the seasonal nature of their work. And if we mentioned above the names of the masters and founders of weaving of the last century, then the names of our contemporaries should all the more be named and preserved in the memory of the people.

For 1974-1979 under the leadership of the Zheleznovs, the workshop team mastered the production and production of 49 samples of wickerwork. Already in 1975, baskets and planters for flowers, exhibited in the pavilion "Landscaping and Floriculture" of the VDNKh of the USSR, were awarded a Certificate of I degree, and in 1976 a number of household items and souvenirs received a Diploma international exhibition AGRO-76. One can only be surprised at the inexhaustibility of Viktor Petrovich's imagination in creating new samples of wickerwork while updating the assortment of the shop's products for all 3 years. We happened to be here many times and each time observe in production one or another new product created by V.P. Zheleznov.

It is difficult to say how many people he taught his skills. One thing is documented for sure: on average, 90 people passed Zheleznov's "universities" in the shop a year, and only 36 of them were permanent workers of the shop. The rest came to the workshop after the end of the summer-autumn work on the plantations of the nursery. Therefore, in winter, 110-120 people worked in the workshop, who wove up to 1000 baskets and various souvenir and gift items during an 8-hour working day! Is this not a reward to the teacher for his long-suffering and labor?!

So, having inherited the passion and talent of the weavers of the famous villages of Bolshie Vyazemy and Kobyakova, V.P. Zheleznoye brought grains of folk craft to the All-Union Research Institute of Forestry and Forestry Mechanization, long life tree. Moreover, he successfully leads the workshop and organizes work in it on the basis of cost accounting, as befits an independent production unit in our turbulent time of acceleration and restructuring.

And from here thousands of products from wicker are scattered not only to the trade and purchasing base of "Mostsvettorg" and the Moscow store "Russian Souvenir", but also far beyond the Moscow region - to Murmansk and Tolyatti, to the Far Eastern port of Nakhodka and the Baltic Kaliningrad, to many cities and regions of the country, spreading the glory of a descendant of famous Russian masters and craftsmen and his talented students.

Vase "Openwork". Authors V. P. and L. G. Zheleznov

A similar parallel can also be drawn from the artels of Serpukhov basket makers to the "Beskodarov" courses at the Palace of Culture "Russia" in the city of Serpukhov, Moscow Region. In the village of Luzhki, Serpukhov District, for example, before the revolution and in the 1920s, an artel of basket weavers worked: 20 men and 22 women, that is, no less than the permanent workers in the workshop of V.P. Zheleznov. This artel also produced many thousands of baskets, supplied mainly to Moscow. But over time, basket fishing lost its former importance here, as in a number of other places in the Moscow region. At local bazaars and grandiose Serpukhov fairs, wickerwork appeared less and less, of which large double-handled laundry baskets woven from white peeled rod were in special demand. In them, the housewives wore clothes to rinse after washing on trays near numerous springs that fed the Serpeika River, or on rafts on the Nara River. They were also in high gear right up to the Great Patriotic War baby cradles, carriages, chairs and armchairs made of wicker and other basket goods.

Yes, the craft was losing its significance, but traditions were not lost, the memory and skill of basket weavers lived on. Often visiting the village of Luzhki, you are happy to meet peasants returning from the sandy banks of the Oka River with armfuls of freshly cut willow twigs. Household baskets are required even now for various needs both in the barnyard and in the field, and the market of the nearby city asks for such goods.

Among those who continue the traditions of the famous village, we have long noticed a far from being a young woman. This is Anna Vasilievna Kharybina, the watchman of the neighboring pioneer camp. Despite her advanced age, she still does not let go of weaving - okay, comfortable baskets for mushrooms or berries. And among the townspeople there are many famous craftsmen of basket craftsmanship, true keepers of folk art. This is Georgy Alekseevich Krasheninnikov, and Vasily Petrovich Grishin, Candidate of Medical Sciences Semyon Fedorovich Moskalev and ... in a word, you can’t count everyone.

But we want to talk about the first among many and the only one of its kind here - about Aleksey Alekseevich Beskodarov, whose skill is familiar not only to the Serpukhovites, Pushchi and Protvino residents, but also to many residents of the Moscow region cities of Chekhov, Podolsk, Zhukovsky, Kaliningrad and other places in our country.

Suffice it to say that the craftsmanship of this man, his talent and extraordinary products were repeatedly written by newspapers and magazines: "Izvestia", " Soviet Russia", "Soviet culture", "Nature and Man", the annual "Forest and Man", "Rural Calendar", etc. How can one explain such an interest in Beskodarov and in the subject of his passion and skill?

In answer to this question, we can testify that A. A. Beskodarov attracted, attracted people by his extraordinary sociability, kindness and disinterestedness. It is no coincidence that he himself liked to repeat: "Do you know how my surname is deciphered? - Disinterestedly giving ..." And this pun was his life credo.

However, we started our story not just about good and interesting person. In it, we tried to show the main thing: the technique and methods of weaving Beskodarov, the nature of his products, the method and training program, that is, issues that have applied, utilitarian significance for the interested reader. The world of real, serious hobbies is always interesting and meaningful. And it is rightly said: it is better to see once than to hear ten times.

Look closely at the products of A. A. Beskodarov presented in the photographs, and you will notice the clear proportions of simple, but perfect forms each thing woven by a real master, the extraordinary grace of the object (we are not talking about impeccable weaving). Take at least a table lamp-night light (see below) or a chandelier-candlestick, as if cast in bronze. And you just want to touch the candy bowl with handles and a lid, to see what's inside it. Any thing of a venerable master caresses the eye, warms the soul.

About the skill of A. A. Beskodarova says another interesting episode. Somehow, friends of the pilot-cosmonaut A.V. Ivanchenkov came to him in Serpukhov in house No. 9 on Narsky Lane and asked: “Please weave something unusual for our hero of the day, otherwise we don’t know what to give him ... "

"Good!" - Answers. - I will do it. And soon he wove a huge spoon-ladle and a model - a copy of the space complex "Salyut" - "Soyuz" in strictly specified scale sizes, docked with each other and carrying solar panels and other devices. On board are the names of the ships, as if embroidered from the finest colored twigs. They say that the wicker spoon and the space complex fell in love with Ivanchenkov and delighted his guests.

What does this funny incident mean? First of all, that Beskodarov could weave any object he liked out of willow twigs. And how to weave! For example, he bought luxurious albums of photographs of porcelain and crystal dishes in order to weave all kinds of vases and vases for flowers, fruits, sweets, etc. on them. without deviating even a millimeter from classical forms and perfect proportions. So each product was given to A. A. Beskodarov by serious work, real creativity and constant striving for perfection. Therefore, at exhibitions of wickerwork, visitors met with admiration each exhibit of the famous master.

About Beskodarov, about him art products, referred to only as "a fairy tale from a vine", "willow lace", etc., documentary and feature short amateur films were shot. These films were the best way to propagate weaving as a folk arts and crafts craft, as an interesting hobby for many people, and invariably brought well-deserved recognition and awards to their creators.

So, the film "Talent, fantasy and golden hands" of our fellow countryman Alexei Ivanovich Pisarev received a diploma of the 1st degree for All-Russian competition in Novgorod in 1976. His own film entitled "The Tale of the Willow Twigs" was shown on international competitions in Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Finland in 1978 and 1979 and was awarded medals and diplomas. It is characteristic that when these films can be watched by people who are learning artistic weaving (and now A. I. Pisarev succeeded in voicing them), the greatest impression they have is how quickly, effortlessly Beskodarov’s hands work, how he holds a knife and an awl, how easily and obediently the rods bend under his fingers, as if they are plucking the strings of the epic sonorous harp, how simple and he tells his story convincingly. The master, alas, is no longer alive, but his voice still sounds in the recording, his memory lives on in the world-famous Star City, and in the Serpukhov Museum of History and Art, which acquired a collection of products by A. A. Beskodarov for their expositions, and in the polyclinic of the water workers of the port "Serpukhov", in the interiors of which Beskodarov's "kindergartens" and flower pots still stand, and in kindergarten No. 26, where every morning in the vestibule little Serpukhovs are greeted by a pot-bellied two-bucket samovar with a teapot and cups woven once as a gift by "grandfather Alyosha".

Souvenir model of the Salyut-Soyuz space complex donated to the Star City Museum by A. A. Beskodarov

Know the products of the master and abroad of our Motherland. At one time, a wicker samovar also sailed overseas, to the United States, "Greek" vases were taken to Italy, and to France - a whole set of products from the Serpukhov magician, acquired by a French specialist who worked for some time in Protein at the famous synchrophasotron. The fact is that his wife enthusiastically attended "Beskodar" courses and was even elected head of the group for her diligence in studying Russian basket weaving.

Lamp-night light "Fish under an umbrella". Author A. A. Beskodarov. From the funds of the Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum

Once A. S. Berezovsky was sent to Paris to learn artistic weaving in the style of "modern" from colonial materials, and now, it turns out, the Parisians are not averse to learning the skill of weaving from Russian willow in a modest city on the Oka.

Stand-pot for indoor flowers "Candelabra". Author A. A. Beskodarov. From the funds of the Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum

One can tell a lot and for a long time about the skill and life of Alexei Alekseevich Beskodarov, but I think it would be better to say in the words of the poet Andrei Dementyev:

"Do not dare to forget the teachers! Let life be worthy of their efforts. Russia is famous for its teachers. Students bring glory to it. Do not dare to forget the teachers!"

In these words deep meaning continuity of generations.

Subject: I am proud of the history of my native land. craftsmen my city.

Target: to acquaint with the history of the native land, to talk about craftsmen, folk crafts, blacksmiths, to cultivate love for native land and pride.

Form of organization of the educational process: practical lesson.

Expected results: assimilation of knowledge about the history and craftsmen of the native land.

Equipment: presentation

Lesson plan:

Class organization.

The bell has already rung, the lesson begins,

We are ready to work, to work, not to be lazy

So that knowledge for the lesson, everyone would go for the future!

Spoil heaps stand majestically and proudly. Mining mountains - close, foggy, ash-gray, steep-topped, reddish-brown, oblong, cooled down, like giant helmets.

In the summer - burned by the scorching sun. In winter they are snowy, and if the wind blows snow from the top, it seems that the mountains are waist-deep in snowdrifts. Spoil heaps are especially beautiful in the morning: pale lilac, lilac from a distance. At night - entirely in trembling lights, as if the mountain inside is red-hot and the fire breaks through here and there.

Many waste heaps stand in the Donetsk steppe not less than a century. They saw blizzards and blizzards, withering heat and menacing, like a flood, downpours. They are shrouded in bluish haze, like legends.

Low bow to them eternal monuments difficult

mining labor!

Working on new material

Pick up a proverb.

Any work ... you need to love work.

A man without a craft ... praises the master.

To live well, like a tree without fruit.

You haven't heard of the craftsman

The flea who shod?

Remembering the master

Tell me his nickname.

5 letters (Lefty)

Leskov's story is called "The Tale of the Tula Oblique Lefty and the Steel Flea"and isRussian tale, in which main character - Lefty. It was he who shod the flea, being a master "from God", and forever became an example of a person with "golden hands".

Todaythe name "Lefty" has become a household name, which is calledtalented and savvy native of the people.

Folk craftsman - a person who is engaged in folk crafts.

The traditions of folk art are rooted in antiquity, reflecting the peculiarities of the labor and everyday life, aesthetic ideals and beliefs of a certain people. The motives and images of folk art have been preserved almost unchanged for centuries, being passed down from generation to generation. Products of folk craftsmen (ceramics, fabrics and carpets, products made of wood, stone, metal, bone, leather, etc.) are designed, first of all, to bring beauty and joy into everyday life.

Let's talk about some of the "craftsmen" of the past and present of our region, who glorified it with their work. In the past, when there was no such variety of machines as it is now, the main tool of the master was his hands, and to help them - an ax, a pick, a shovel, a plow. Pottery has been used in everyday life since ancient times.

Pottery - one of the types of folk crafts. Clay was mined with an iron pick and spade. It was carried and stored in the yard, if necessary, filled with water. Kneaded like dough, the clay was beaten with oars, beaten with wooden hammers. After that, the clay was rolled out. The potter plucked off pieces and worked them first on a hand, and later on a heavy foot potter's wheel. The potter's fingers and a knife, a thin wooden plate, were the main tools for decorating dishes. The master cut the finished product from the circle with wire, put it to dry and fired it, then painted it and covered it with enamel. In the eighteenth century spread one of the types of ceramics - majolica. Majolica products made of colored clay, painted in folk style, still adorn our modern homes. Among the ceramic products are bowls, half-bowls, gliders (lids), makitra pots, etc.

weaving - the craft of making wicker products from a vine. Basket fishing was widespread among the population of the Donetsk region. Handicraft basket makers wove baskets of various sizes and shapes, boxes, furniture, screens and bodies for carriages. Willow, bird cherry, elm twigs, as well as reeds served as raw materials.

blacksmith craft . Archaeological finds testify to the development of this craft. The roots of blacksmithing go back to five thousandth depths of the past. The range of products made of iron and steel was also extremely wide - these were weapons, production tools, handicraft tools, horse harness, household items, jewelry and clothing items.