Background
Maria Ivanovna Chernyaeva was born on August 20, 1953, in Bykovka, Voronezh, Russian Federation.
A.N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile University
Moscow State Art and Cultural University
sociologist researcher of folk culture
Maria Ivanovna Chernyaeva was born on August 20, 1953, in Bykovka, Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Maria Ivanovna graduated from Moscow State Textile Institute (now A.N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile University) (1975), Moscow State Institute of Culture (now Moscow State Art and Cultural University) (1984), Higher Sociological Courses (1991).
Maria Ivanovna works in the Voronezh regional center of folk art as the head of the department of traditional folk culture since 1978. She studies the folk culture of the Voronezh region, popularizes local crafts, and organizes regional exhibitions of fine and decorative art. She conducted socio-cultural research of the Upper Mamon, Novousmansky, Podgorensky, Khokholsky districts on the problems of the revival of local artistic traditions. She promotes the creativity of modern craftsmen, collects Russian folk clay toys. Author of many publications in scientific collections and in the regional press, compiler of booklets.