The company’s history
1912 – The Society for Development and Perfection of Lapidary and Polishing Handicraft Industry Russkiye samotsvety (Imperial Edict of Nicholas II) 1922 - The State Trust Russkiye samotsvety (Decree of the Soviet of People’s Commissariat) 1970 –Leningrad’s Production Association Russkiye samotsvety 1993 – The Joint-Stock Company Russkiye samotsvety
The sources of creative and artistic biography of Russkiye samotsvety go to the epoch of Peter I, to the Imperial Peterhof Lapidary Factory founded in 1721 and to the time of foundation of Saint Petersburg. The firm is a historical successor of the Saint Petersburg school of jewellery and stone-cut arts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the renowned Carl Faberge firm.
Famous jewellers once worked at the firms of Bolin, Khlebnikov, Sazikov, Faberge and survived during the times of tragic revolutionary cataclysms, became then employees of the State Trust Russkiye samotsvety formed in 1922 and could pass their knowledge and experience to the apprentices at its factories.
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