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# Somewhere in the middle of the nineteenth century, in a village near the small but ancient town of Krestsy, at the crossroads of two roads, from Moscow to Novgorod and from Pskov to Vologda, there appeared a craft that soon won the love of all Russia and
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/gde-to-v-seredine-xix-veka-v-derevne-vozle-nebolshogo-no-drevnego-gorodka-kresttsy-na-perekrestke-dvukh-dorog-iz-moskvy-v-novgorod-i-iz-pskova-v-vologdu-poiavilsia-promysel-kotoryi-vsko/
- Published: 2022-02-08T09:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:39:26.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Heritage, Ethnography

Somewhere in the middle of the nineteenth century, in a village near the small but ancient town of Krestsy, at the crossroads of two roads, from Moscow to Novgorod and from Pskov to Vologda, there appeared a craft that soon won the love of all Russia and eventually became a recognisable Russian brand in the West. Krestetskaya stitching, which began as a cottage industry among the needlewomen of a single village, became within a short time one of the emblematic Russian crafts. The embroidery is worked on a single piece of cloth, from which threads are drawn out, and then special techniques are used to form incredible geometric patterns. In the 1920s a proper factory was built in the town, producing intricate lace, now no longer from homespun linen but from factory-made linen and cotton, which was exported all over the world. But in the 1990s the factory was ruined, and only a few years ago new life was breathed into it.

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