HISTORY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE GORNOURALSKY URBAN DISTRICT OF THE SVERDLOVSK REGION IN THE 19TH-20TH CENTURIES
The article shows the results of studying the history of arts and crafts in the Sverdlovsk region. There are three most common for the Urals folk handicrafts related to natural and economic preconditions: artistic processing of stone, metals, wood and other plant materials. Production of ceramics and hand weaving were mostly domestic in the studied region. This study is just a small fragment of the methodical work of the Department for the preservation, development and promotion of folk arts and crafts of the Center for Tourism Development of the Sverdlovsk region. The work aims to studying the history of different types of arts and crafts, the current state of folk art and to searching for artists which work nowadays. This particular investigation covers only the areas located in the Gornouralsky urban district.