There is a peculiar center of artistic handicrafts of the Nizhny Novgorod region in the downtown of the city, in Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street, one of the most beautiful and ancient streets of Nizhny Novgorod. Several organizations active in the field of artistic crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod region share the same building.

The Artistic Handicrafts Store resides on the ground floor of the building. Here one can buy everything that is produced by artistic craft enterprises of the region: the «tsar’s dishes», panels with Khokhloma painting famous all over the world, Semyonov multiobject matreshkas with scarlet roses, boxes with Gorodets painting and masterpieces of Gorodets wood-carving, toys with fancy Polkhov-Maidan painting, elegant boxes of Kazakovo filigree, cold steel made by Vorsma craftsmen, Pavlovo cutlery made of stainless steel with artistic painting and chasing, shawls and costumes with the unique Gorodets golden embroidery, tablecloths and linen made in the technique of «Nizhny Novgorod guipure», Shakhunya drawings that make the interiors so cosy, as well as towels and tablecloths; blouses, dresses and tablecloths of Lyskovo and Bor embroideresses; icons painted in the old traditions; desk sets and boxes made of Varnavino bone; vases, ashtrays and small sculptures made of Bornukovo marble, as well as a lot of souvenirs of the Nizhny Novgorod region and its places of interest.

The Artistic Handicrafts Store is one of the largest and oldest souvenir stores in Russia; it sells products of folkhandicrafts of not only the Nizhny Novgorod region but of all the regions of Russia.

Over 35 years of operation, the store has become one of the places of interest in Nizhny Novgorod. It is traditionally visited by many tourist groups. The choice of goods offered by the store amounts to over 15,000 items representing crafts of the whole Russian Federation, not only the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Here VIP-shoppers can buy unique products, each of them made only in one sample. One can not only buy a beautiful souvenir but also order a peculiar packing as well as delivery.

Visitors are provided a possibility to order any product which will be made by the best craftsmen and enterprises of the region. For example, panels with portraits framed by bright Khokhloma painting are most popular among the customers.

Recently the store has become very active in producing souvenirs in the corporate style, with the companies’ logos; such souvenirs are used as gifts during advertising campaigns and presentations.

The Traveling Department of the store offers tours around the places in the Nizhny Novgorod region where traditionally various handicrafts were practiced.

In the spacious sales area of the store highly experienced and good-natured shop-assistants will help the shoppers to make a good choice of souvenirs. The whole atmosphere of the store imparts a good mood to anyone who visits it.

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