A.A. Kokel - Founder of Decorative Art of Chuvashia.
The analysis of the role of A.A. Kokel, one of the representatives of Russian art school of the end of the XIX - the beginning of the XX centuries, as founder of professional decorative art of Chuvashia is carried out. Fine art experts of Chuvashia and Mordovia are allotted the task of carrying out joint research on the influence of Mordovian culture upon the creative work of the master.