 "The Moscow Times (Russia)")
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Clinging to the Art of Carpet Making, THE MOSCOW TIMES
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Simon Ostrovsky
The Moscow Times (Russia)
07-29-2004
URL: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
Asli Isayeva at her home in Kuchni showing the carpet that she made
in the 1940s.
KHUCHNI, Dagestan -- Emerging from a dark room in her cool home high
in the mountains of Dagestan, Asli Isayeva rolled out half a century's
worth of dust and memories onto the dining room floor.
It's her prize possession: a carpet with an image of Moscow's Kremlin
wall superimposed onto a Soviet star. The tapestry of yellowed woolen threads
declares "Pobeda," or "Victory," to all those who can get her to display
her handiwork, a ...
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