Cooperation of female lacy craft of northern territory (first half of XX-th century)

The paper is devoted to history and development of lacy handicrafts of Northern territory since last quarter ofХIХtill the 30-s of XX century. Materials on trade employment of northern peasantry, on development of co-operative movement in the field of lace-weaving are analyzed. Influence of cooperation on crafts in conditions of Civil war, military communism and the New Economic Policy is studied.