Russian souvenir plaquette “Gzhel”.
Date of manufacture is January, 1984.
Size is 7.5×6.5 cm.; weight is 60 g.

Gzhel is Russian folk craft, a type of Russian folk painting related to white and blue ceramics, is also one of the traditional Russian centers of ceramics production. The broader meaning of the name “Gzhel”, which is correct from a historical and cultural point of view, is a vast area consisting of 27 villages united in the “Gzhel kust” (kust means bush). “Gzhelsky Kust” is located about sixty kilometers from Moscow on the Moscow — Murom — Kazan railway line.