Overview Land of Lace, part 1 - 13 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, (Lace making as a craft has been known in Russia since time immemorial. Vologda lace has always been considered the best quality in Russia and preferred by overseas merchants. Here bobbins of threads dance in the hands of experienced lace makers and their melodious clinking sounds like music. Vologda is also a land of centuries-old monasteries and churches which are scattered across this ancient town, forming their own exclusive pattern).