Malachite diplomacy

The book talks about the history of the spread of objects of Russian stone -abrupt art and color crafts from Russia, the significance and role of these works in diplomatic games of the XVIII - early XX centuries. The circumstances are considered in which about four hundred works left the borders of Russia, for most of them a modern place of storage is given. The monograph contains a brief outline of the history of stone -real business in Russia. The main material is structured according to countries in accordance with the modern political map, with further division into previously existing states.
L. A. Budrina - candidate of art history, associate professor of the Department of History of Arts and Museums of the Ural Federal University, the author of more than 150 publications on the history of stone -real art and its monuments