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The Illusion Museum Film Studio presents a master class on weaving Russian bast shoes, conducted by Vasily Ivanovich Andyukov. Vasily Ivanovich was the head of the Chuvash National Center "Entesh" ("Fellow Countryman"), an Honored Figure of Chuvash Ethnoculture, a unique folk craftsman, and the creator of a rural museum. He spent his entire life in the village of Kalmantai in the Volsky District. Vasily Ivanovich enthusiastically tried to revive the folk-historical wealth of the craft culture, preserve it, and passed on his knowledge and skills to all those interested in this craft. He firmly believed that bast shoes were part of the history of different peoples. He participated in numerous festivals, exhibitions, and master classes in both the Saratov Region and other regions of the country.