INNOVATIVE PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH OF HANDICRAFT TRADITIONS OF GANJA OF THE XIX-XX CENTURIES

As you know, Ganja is one of the oldest cities in the Caucasus. For centuries in this city developed different branches of craftsmanship. Due to the natural conditions and geo-strategic favor in Ganja development of the main branches of the trade had different typical characteristics. During the end of the XIX ? beginning of XX centuries in Ganja rapidly developed such handicrafts trade branches as ceramics (pottery), woodworking, metalmaking, stone trade, carpet weaving on the basis of improvements in technology and production process. It is also possible to adapt and develop in the modern period on the basis of ancient traditions already endangered ancient crafts, such as ceramics and artistic embroidery. Traditional areas of crafts are invaluable source of reliable and cultural studies, aesthetic taste, outlook of the Azerbaijani people. And so the most important duty of ethnography as a science to transfer them to the next generations.