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The problem of studying and developing of folk trades in the Altai region in the context of artistic culture of Siberia applies to actual and modern because of growing interest to folk trades at the end of the twentieth Century, region folk trades have become enough unstudied sphere. Folk art of the Altai region is multiform and complex phenomena which had not been treated seriously and adequate with science and society till present days. The aim of this article is to analyst the emergence of folk trades of the Altai region under socio-economic, natural-geographical and cultural conditions and determines the role and importance of arts and crafts in the educational process. The author of the article uses in her research work practical experience in teaching arts and crafts in children's art school and descriptive, art criticism and comparative methods of inquiry.