Kholui - an ancient village of icon painting and lacquer miniatures in the Yuzhsky district of the Ivanovo region, located on both banks of the river. Theza. Kholui is included in the List of Historic Cities of Russia and is considered one of the most interesting places of the Golden Ring.

The name of the village is correct to pronounce with emphasis on the first syllable. The word "kholui" denoted a wattle fence for fishing. Fisheries were very developed in the village, and the inhabitants were called "KhOluiniki."

Since the 16th century, almost all the villagers were engaged in icon painting. The mastery and original manner of painting won fame for the artists of Kholui throughout ancient Russia and beyond. The traditions of those old years are kept by modern lacquer miniature artists, and there are a lot of them in Kholui for fifteen hundred inhabitants!

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How to get there

By bus: From Moscow from Shchelkovskogo bus station to the city of Yuzha (departure 2 times a day at 10:30 and 20:45, travel time 8 hours, the cost of the trip is 446 rubles). Further transfer in the South to the bus to Kholui (4 departures a day), the journey time is about half an hour.

By car: along the M7 highway to Lapinska, then along the road A113 to Yuzhi, then to Kholui by the signs.

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Kholui art factory of lacquer miniature

The factory was founded in 1934 as an artel, which later became a large enterprise with a large assortment of Russian decorative and applied arts products. In the factory, boxes, brooches, portraits, panels, caskets, icons are made. All works are performed with the obligatory preservation of the style and traditions of the Kholui masters. At the factory there is a sightseeing tour of 2 parts: a demonstration of the process of making papier-mache boxes (350 rubles, 45 minutes) and a master class for writing firebird (400 rubles).

Address: st. Molodezhnaya, 3. Tel .: +7 (49347) 236-44, 294-60.

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The State Museum of Kholui Art

The museum is the cultural center of Kholui. The museum, which celebrated its 50th anniversary, keeps highly artistic and unique works of kholui masters. In his collection works of lacquer miniature painting on papier-mache, icons of the XVIII-XX centuries, wooden sculpture, engravings, old-printed and hand-written books and much more. In the art salon you can buy products kholuyskoy factory.

A story about a lacquer miniature in Kholui

Entrance fee / tour price is 20 rubles. / 250 rub. for citizens of the Russian Federation and 30 rubles. / 300 rub. for foreign citizens.

Having visited the Kholui museum, you will learn interesting facts, for example, why many icon painters lived to only 50 years old and for which kvas, beer or wine was mixed in the paint.

Address: st. Putilova, 10. Tel .: +7 (49347) 291-52. Working hours: daily from 9.00 to 17.00.

Ensemble of the Trinity and Vvedensky churches

The temple complex on the left bank of the Thesa was formed in the first half of the 18th century and now consists of two churches - the summer Trinity and the winter Vvedenska. The Trinity Church was built in 1748-1750. instead of the former, wooden, with the money of a native Kholui - Astrakhan Bishop Methodius. Later on his "dependents" in 1775 the church of the Introduction was built. According to the legend, the Vvedenskaya church was once transferred to Kholui from a mountain called Vvedenka. This mountain was located on the site where the village of Vvedennoe used to be located.

History of icon painting in Kholui

Tikhvin Fair

Since 2003, the Tikhvin Fair, which has been known since the 17th century, is reviving in Kholui, which takes place every year on the second weekend of July. In these days visitors from the nearest regions come to the village - centers of folk crafts - with gzhel, hohloma, miniatures and hundreds of other handicrafts. Here you can not only buy original author's works, but also to have a good time, because guests of the fair are waiting for a special entertainment program.

All prices are for November 2011.