In the vast folklore stratum of non-professional icon painting in Russia, icons of simple rural craftsmen, who were called “bogomazi” or house painters, stand out. Craftsmen who were engaged in folk icon painting also “daubed” everything to please their soul - flowers, birds, the interiors of their rural houses, and even furniture. They were ordinary people and can be called "worldly" or unprofessional icon painters. They loved the Lord, his Mother the Divine, and the most revered Russian Saints: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, St. George the Victorious, Paraskeva the Friday, Elijah the Prophet, Alexander Nevsky and all others, and therefore drew them as they could - for themselves and for people around them. Sometimes there were no other icons available in the distant lands of Russia - either they were within the closed walls of monasteries or they were too expensive for the ordinary people. Today, such icons are eagerly collected not only as religious artifacts but also as fine and distinct examples of the Russian folk art.