Abstract: This article discusses the historical-culturological component of coins in jewelry and women's costume of the Volga Tatars in the XIX – XX centuries. The subject of this research is the coins of the tsarist, Soviet and modern Russian periods, which in one way or another were used as a decorative element in the Tatar national costume and jewelry. Research methodology is comprised of the general scientific and private scientific, such as culturological analysis, empirical experience of the author in jewelry restoration, and interview. The article relies on iconographic materials, jewelry, as well as essays and testimonies of the eyewitnesses. The scientific novelty lies in the thematic selection of sources and information, analysis and comparison of the facts. The author touches upon previously unstudied technical and technological aspects in preparation and processing of coins for their use as decoration. The article reveals the specificity of using coins for decorative purposes, provides information and hypotheses based on the sources that describe the use of coins in costume decoration. The author is first to carry out the classification of coins depending on the method of fixation, perforation and elements of the costume. The article describes the method of historical dating based on the technical and technological methods of processing of coins for application in jewelry.

Abstract: The subject of this research is the modern history of development of Kazan jewelry art. The article explores the development of Kazan jewelry art in the 2000s; the creation of remarkable jewelry artworks as the models of famous architectural monument and their authors. The research material contains the iconographic sources – unique images of the jewelry art patterns, as well as testimonies of the eyewitnesses – the jewelry artists. One of the authors is the direct participant and co-author of the jewelry works under review Thus, the article employs the method of overt observation, interviewing, and source analysis. The scientific novelty is first and foremost defined by the chronological proximity of the studied period. The article introduces the previously unpublished images of the jewelry artworks under consideration, as well as the new facts on the revival of jewelry art in Kazan of post-Soviet period. Analysis is conducted on the sources of the revival of Kazan jewelry art and the peculiarities of jewelry works. The article also unveils the plotlines of the jewelry works and history behind them. The conclusion is made that the revival of jewelry art in Kazan, which was partially lost in the Soviet period, has begun only in the late 1990s – early 2000s. After the removal of a number of legislative restrictions, the jewelers were given the opportunity to experiment and create the true works of art.