To the 130th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Ivanovich Golikov, who stood at the origins of a new art form, the Palekh lacquer miniature on papier-mâché.

The film continues a series from the project on the cultural heritage of Mstera. In the center of the film is the Molodkin family of artists from Mstera, a father and three sons. Children from the creative lyceum tell their own composed fairy tales based on the works of artists.

The film continues a series of works from the project on the cultural heritage of Mstera. The icon-painting industry in Russia collapsed after the October Revolution, the artists began to look for a new application for their skills. Former icon painters raised miniature papier-mâché paintings to the world level, they depicted all the great achievements of the country on caskets.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Mstera took the first place in the icon painting industry in Russia, making up to 2 million icons a year. Mstera artists were suppliers of the imperial court, participated as restorers in the rescue of unique monuments of ancient Russian art.

This film opens a project about the cultural heritage of Mstera. The film tells about the creator of the first rural lithography in Russia in Mstyora, Ivan Alexandrovich Golyshev (1838-1896). Born into the family of a serf, Golyshev became a well-known lithographer, publisher, publicist, holder of the Gold Medal of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society.