combat missions command at the front of the fight against the nazi invaders, sergeant major vitold mikhailovich gintovt was awarded the title of hero of the soviet union with the order of lenin and the gold star medal. i have asked myself many times: where does this desire to create and give beauty come from? probably, it all came from my childhood: my parents, my grandmother, they spent long evenings knitting, embroidering, knitting, this craving, it has probably been going on throughout my entire life, our ancestors used to do it, now we do it. without a past there is no future, our history is cultural values, this is what shapes a person's consciousness, where he grew up, where he lives, what country he is in, therefore only we, the slavs, are engaged in handicrafts, which give people beauty, only we, such a hardworking people. the beginning of the nineties , such types of new types of cultural institutions were created, when ma crafts, it was the time of perestroika, the time people had nothing to eat, they stood in lines with coupons, took clothes for themselves, food, but still that love and soul